Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
Alcaics
plural of Alcaic
• cicalas
Source: Wiktionary
Al*ca"ic, a. Etym: [L. AlcaĂŻcus, Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to Alcæus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
– n. A kind of verse, so called from Alcæus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.