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.
AGGRIEVED
Adjective
aggrieved (comparative more aggrieved, superlative most aggrieved)
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
(legal) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Verb
aggrieved
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
Source: Wiktionary
AGGRIEVE
Ag*grieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrieving.] Etym: [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.]
Definition: To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.
Ag*grieve", v. i.
Definition: To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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