cibation (countable and uncountable, plural cibations)
(obsolete) The act of taking food.
(obsolete, alchemy) The operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
• bication
Source: Wiktionary
Ci*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed.]
1. The act of taking food.
2. (Alchemy)
Definition: The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucilbe with fresh material. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
