An article published in Harvard Menâs 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.
SPLENDOR
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; âfor magnificence and personal service there is the Queenâs hotelâ; âhis âHamletâ lacks the brilliance that one expectsâ; âit is the university that gives the scene its stately splendorâ; âan imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful artâ; âadvertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their productsâ
luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour
(noun) a quality that outshines the usual
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
splendor (usually uncountable, plural splendors) (American spelling)
Great light, luster or brilliance.
Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
Great fame or glory.
Usage notes
Splendor is the standard spelling in American English. Splendour is correct in modern British and Commonwealth English.
Anagrams
• speldron
Source: Wiktionary
Splen"dor, n.Etym: [L. fr. splendere to shine: cf. F. splendeur.]
1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson.
2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak.
3. Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
Syn.
– Luster; brilliancy; magnifience; gorgeousness; display; showiness; pomp; parade; grandeur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; âin the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearingâ
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