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.
ANGUISH
anguish, torment, torture
(noun) extreme mental distress
anguish
(noun) extreme distress of body or mind
pain, anguish, hurt
(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable; “It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”
anguish
(verb) suffer great pains or distress
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
anguish (countable and uncountable, plural anguishes)
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Synonyms: agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment, Thesaurus:agony
Etymology 2
Verb
anguish (third-person singular simple present anguishes, present participle anguishing, simple past and past participle anguished)
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
Etymology
Proper noun
Anguish
A surname.
(rare) A male given name
Source: Wiktionary
An"guish, n. Etym: [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.]
Definition: Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.
Note: Rarely used in the plural: - Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer.
Syn.
– Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
An"guish, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]
Definition: To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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