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.
CLIQUISH
clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
(adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cliquish (comparative more cliquish, superlative most cliquish)
Of or pertaining to a clique.
Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
Source: Wiktionary
Cli"quish, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.
– Cli"*quish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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