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.
ADOLESCENT
adolescent
(adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; “adolescent boys and girls”
adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”
adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged
(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”
adolescent
(adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; “adolescent problems”
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen
(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adolescent (comparative more adolescent, superlative most adolescent)
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult
Noun
adolescent (plural adolescents)
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`o*les"cent, a. Etym: [L. adolescens, p. pr. of adolescere to grow up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See Adult.]
Definition: Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper.
Ad`o*les"cent, n.
Definition: A youth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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