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.
WOUNDY
Etymology 1
Adverb
woundy (comparative more woundy, superlative most woundy)
(archaic) Very, extremely, excessively.
Adjective
woundy (comparative more woundy, superlative most woundy)
(archaic) Very great, extreme, excessive.
• L'Estrange
Etymology 2
Adjective
woundy (comparative more woundy, superlative most woundy)
(rare, figuratively) Causing wounds.
Source: Wiktionary
Wound"y, a.
Definition: Excessive. [Obs.] Such a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labor. L'Estrange.
Wound"y, adv.
Definition: Excessively; extremely. [Obs.] A am woundy cold. Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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