Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
confidant, intimate
(noun) someone to whom private matters are confided
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confidant (plural confidants)
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
Source: Wiktionary
Con`fi*dant"; 277), n. masc., Con`fi*dante", n. fem.Etym: [F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.]
Definition: One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.