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.
ANTIMETATHESIS
Etymology
Noun
antimetathesis (uncountable)
The repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.
The inversion of the parts of an antithesis, as in "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem" (Crabbe).
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*me*tath"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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