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.
AUGMENTATIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
augmentatively (comparative more augmentatively, superlative most augmentatively)
In an augmentative fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
AUGMENTATIVE
Aug*ment"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. augmentatif.]
Definition: Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.
– Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
Aug*ment"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
Definition: A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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