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.
BLURRED
blurred, clouded
(adjective) unclear in form or expression; “the blurred aims of the group”; “sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded”- H.G.Wells
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline; “a landscape of blurred outlines”; “the trees were just blurry shapes”
BLUR
blur, dim, slur
(verb) become vague or indistinct; “The distinction between the two theories blurred”
blur, blear
(verb) make dim or indistinct; “The fog blurs my vision”
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
(verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; “Her remarks confused the debate”; “Their words obnubilate their intentions”
smear, blur, smudge, smutch
(verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging
blur
(verb) to make less distinct or clear; “The haze blurs the hills”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
blurred (comparative more blurred, superlative most blurred)
Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
Verb
blurred
simple past tense and past participle of blur
Source: Wiktionary
BLUR
Blur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring.] Etym: [Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear.]
1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. Shak.
2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. J. R. Drake.
3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras.
Syn.
– To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.
Blur, n.
1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. Fuller.
2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
3. A moral stain or blot. Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. Udall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESURGE
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