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.
SIBILATE
hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate
(verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
(verb) express or utter with a hiss
sibilate
(verb) utter a sibilant
sibilate
(verb) pronounce with an initial sibilant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated)
To hiss.
To speak with a hissing sound.
Anagrams
• albitise, tibiales
Source: Wiktionary
Sib"i*late, v. t. & i.
Definition: To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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