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.
CURRISH
currish
(adjective) resembling a cur; snarling and rude
currish
(adjective) base and cowardly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
currish (comparative more currish, superlative most currish)
Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.
(now rare) Ignoble, mean-spirited.
Synonyms
• doggish
Anagrams
• cirrhus
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"rish (kr"rsh), a. Etym: [From Cur.]
Definition: Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak. Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart.
– Cur"rish*ly, adv.
– Cur"rish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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