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.
conciliatory, conciliative
(adjective) intended to placate; “spoke in a conciliating tone”; “a conciliatory visit”
compromising, conciliatory, flexible
(adjective) making or willing to make concessions; “loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conciliatory (comparative more conciliatory, superlative most conciliatory)
Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
• unconciliatory
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cil"i*a*to*ry, a.
Definition: Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 November 2024
(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
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.