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.
ADVENTURESOME
adventurous, adventuresome
(adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; “adventurous pioneers”; “the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adventuresome (comparative more adventuresome, superlative most adventuresome)
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ven"ture*some, a.
Definition: Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
– Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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