An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SAVOY
Savoy
(noun) a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Savoy
(historical) A historic region of western Europe, shared between the modern countries of France, Italy, and Switzerland.
Noun
Savoy (countable and uncountable, plural Savoys)
Savoy cabbage
An Italian noble family, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy
A member of the Savoy noble family
Noun
savoy (plural savoys)
Alternative letter-case form of Savoy (type of cabbage)
Source: Wiktionary
Sa*voy", n. Etym: [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.)
Definition: A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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