Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
condoling
present participle of condole
condoling (countable and uncountable, plural condolings)
Condolence.
condoling (comparative more condoling, superlative most condoling)
Expressing condolence; sympathetic.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*dole", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] Etym: [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.]
Definition: To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with. Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.
Con*dole", v. t.
Definition: To lament or grieve over. [R.] I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 April 2025
(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.