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.
ASPIRANT
aspirant, aspiring, wishful
(adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee
(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person; “a lofty aspirant”; “two executive hopefuls joined the firm”; “the audience was full of Madonna wannabes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aspirant (plural aspirants)
Someone who aspires to high office, etc.
Adjective
aspirant (comparative more aspirant, superlative most aspirant)
Seeking advancement.
Striving for recognition.
Anagrams
• Partains, partisan, spartina
Source: Wiktionary
As*pir"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. aspirant, p. pr. of aspirer. See Aspire.]
Definition: Aspiring.
As*pir"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aspirant.]
Definition: One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment. In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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