Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BETROTHED
bespoken, betrothed
(adjective) pledged to be married; “the engaged couple”
betrothed
(noun) the person to whom you are engaged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
betrothed
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
Adjective
betrothed (comparative more betrothed, superlative most betrothed)
Engaged to be married.
Noun
betrothed (plural betrotheds)
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
Source: Wiktionary
BETROTH
Be*troth", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.] Etym: [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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