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.
ADULTERATE
adulterate, adulterated, debased
(adjective) mixed with impurities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adulterate (comparative more adulterate, superlative most adulterate)
Tending to commit adultery.
Corrupted; impure; adulterated.
Verb
adulterate (third-person singular simple present adulterates, present participle adulterating, simple past and past participle adulterated)
To corrupt.
To spoil by adding impurities.
• Spectator
To commit adultery.
To defile by adultery.
Synonyms
• debase
Source: Wiktionary
A*dul"ter*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adulterated; p. pr. & vb. n Adulterating.] Etym: [L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love. Cf. Advoutry.]
1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] Milton.
2. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc. The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator.
Syn.
– To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.
A*dul"ter*ate, v. i.
Definition: To commit adultery. [Obs.]
A*dul"ter*ate, a.
1. Tainted with adultery.
2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
– A*dul"ter*ate*ly, adv.
– A*dul"ter*ate*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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