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.
CELIBACY
chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention
(noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
celibacy
(noun) an unmarried status
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
(by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.
Synonyms
• sexlessness
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*lib"a*cy, n. Etym: [See Celibate, n.]
Definition: The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 January 2025
DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
Coffee Trivia
