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.
BRAZEN
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety; “an audacious trick to pull”; “a barefaced hypocrite”; “the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim”- Los Angeles Times; “bald-faced lies”; “brazen arrogance”; “the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress”- Bertrand Russell
brazen
(adjective) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
brazen
(verb) face with defiance or impudence; “brazen it out”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
brazen (comparative more brazen, superlative most brazen)
(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing. [from 1570s.]
Verb
brazen (third-person singular simple present brazens, present participle brazening, simple past and past participle brazened)
(intransitive) To turn a brass color.
(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. [from 1550s.]
Source: Wiktionary
Bra"zen, a.Etym: [OE. brasen, AS. bræsen. See Brass.]
1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze.
– Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
Bra"zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened; p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening.]
Definition: To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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