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.
AUXESIS
auxesis
(noun) growth from increase in cell size without cell division
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
auxesis (countable and uncountable, plural auxeses)
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
(rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
(rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
(biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
(chemistry) The condition of being auxetic
Synonyms
• (rhetorical increase): amplification, amplificatio, (good) spin
• (overstatement): See hyperbole
• (ascending series): See climax
Antonyms
• (overstatement): See understatement
• (ascending series): See catacosmesis
• (biological): merisis
Source: Wiktionary
Aux*e"sis, n. Etym: [NL., Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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