Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CLINQUANT
clinquant, tinseled, tinselly
(adjective) glittering with gold or silver
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
clinquant (comparative more clinquant, superlative most clinquant)
glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
Noun
clinquant (uncountable)
Dutch metal
tinsel; glitter
Source: Wiktionary
Clin"quant, a. Etym: [F.]
Definition: Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [Obs.] Shak.
Clin"quant, n.
Definition: Tinse;l; Dutch gold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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