Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ABIRRITATE
Etymology
Verb
abirritate (third-person singular simple present abirritates, present participle abirritating, simple past and past participle abirritated)
(transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*ir"ri*tate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. ab- + irritate.] (Med.)
Definition: To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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