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.
CUMBERSOME
awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
(adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression; “an awkward prose style”; “a clumsy apology”; “his cumbersome writing style”; “if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”
cumbersome, cumbrous
(adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; “a cumbersome piece of machinery”; “cumbrous protective clothing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
Synonyms
• See also difficult
Synonyms
• cumbrous
• unwieldy
Source: Wiktionary
Cum"ber*some (k, a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney.
2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor.
– Cum"ber*some*ly, adv.
– Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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