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.
VERMEIL
Etymology
Adjective
vermeil (comparative more vermeil, superlative most vermeil)
(poetic, now rare) Bright scarlet, vermilion.
(poetic, now rare) Specifically of faces, lips etc.: red, ruddy, healthy-looking.
Noun
vermeil (plural vermeils)
(poetic) Vermilion; bright red.
Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
Anagrams
• vermile
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"meil, n. Etym: [F., vermilion, fr. LL. vermiculus, fr. L. vermiculus a little worm, the coccus Indicus, from vermis a worm. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule.]
1. Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. [Poetic & R.] In her cheeks the vermeil red did show Like roses in a bed of lilies shed. Spenser.
2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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