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.
COSMIC
cosmic
(adjective) inconceivably extended in space or time
cosmic
(adjective) of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe; “cosmic laws”; “cosmic catastrophe”; “cosmic rays”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cosmic (comparative more cosmic, superlative most cosmic)
Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.
(astronomy, dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cos"mic (kz"mk), Cos"mic*al (-m-kal), a. Etym: [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]
1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.
2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.
3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.
4. (Astron.)
Definition: Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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