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.
DEMENTED
brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
(adjective) affected with madness or insanity; “a man who had gone mad”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
demented (comparative more demented, superlative most demented)
Insane or mentally ill.
Suffering from dementia.
(informal) Crazy; ridiculous.
Verb
demented
simple past tense and past participle of dement
Source: Wiktionary
De*ment"ed, a. Etym: [From Dement.]
Definition: Insane; mad; of unsound mind.
– De*ment"ed*ness, n.
DEMENT
De*ment", v. t. Etym: [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]
Definition: To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale.
De*ment", a. Etym: [L. demens, -mentis.]
Definition: Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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