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.
CULT
fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage
(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; “he always follows the latest fads”; “it was all the rage that season”
cult, cultus, religious cult
(noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals; “devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin”
cult
(noun) a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false; “it was a satanic cult”
cult
(noun) followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
cult
(noun) followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cult (plural cults)
(chiefly, derogatory) A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
Devotion to a saint.
The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
Adjective
cult (not comparable)
Of or relating to a cult.
Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
Alternative form of kvlt.
Usage notes
The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.
Anagrams
• CLUT, L cut
Source: Wiktionary
Cult (klt) n .Etym: [F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr. colere to cultivate. Cf. Cultus.]
1. Attentive care; homage; worship. Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury.
2. A system of religious belief and worship. That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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