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.
CARBOLIZE
Etymology
Verb
carbolize (third-person singular simple present carbolizes, present participle carbolizing, simple past and past participle carbolized)
(medicine, transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"bo*lize, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To apply carbonic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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