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.
APOCRYPHALLY
Etymology
Adverb
apocryphally (comparative more apocryphally, superlative most apocryphally)
In an apocryphal manner.
Regarding apocrypha.
Source: Wiktionary
A*poc"ry*phal*ly, adv.
Definition: In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
APOCRYPHAL
A*poc"ry*phal, a.
1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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