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.
ADVERSITY
adversity
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; “a period marked by adversities”
adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction; “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”; “a life of hardship”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
Synonyms
• nakba
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ver"si*ty, n.; pl. Adversities(#). Etym: [OE. adversite, F. adversité, fr. L. adversitas.]
1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.
Syn.
– Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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