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.
CAPRICIOUS
capricious, impulsive, whimsical
(adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; “a capricious refusal”; “authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious”; “the victim of whimsical persecutions”
capricious, freakish
(adjective) changeable; “a capricious summer breeze”; “freakish weather”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
Usage notes
• Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions he or she makes.
Synonyms
• whimsical
• arbitrary
Antonyms
• conscientious
• rigorous
Anagrams
• auriscopic
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*pri"cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.]
Definition: Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.
Syn.
– Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary.
– Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv.
– Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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