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.
ADVENTITIOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
adventitiously (comparative more adventitiously, superlative most adventitiously)
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
Source: Wiktionary
ADVENTITIOUS
Ad`ven*ti"tious, a. Etym: [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Burke.
2. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
– Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv.
– Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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