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.
SCROFULOUS
scrofulous
(adjective) having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; “our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore”- Farley Mowat
scrofulous
(adjective) morally contaminated; “denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times”- J.D.Hart
scrofulous
(adjective) afflicted with scrofula
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scrofulous (comparative more scrofulous, superlative most scrofulous)
(pathology, dated) Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).
(figuratively) Having an unkempt, unhealthy appearance.
(figuratively) Morally degenerate; corrupt.
Source: Wiktionary
Scrof"u*lous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scrofuleux.]
1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot.
– Scorf"u*lous*ly, adv.
– Scrof"u*lous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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