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.
DESTRUCTIVENESS
destructiveness
(noun) the quality of causing destruction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
destructiveness (uncountable)
the state or quality of being destructive
Source: Wiktionary
De*struc"tive*ness, n.
1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.
2. (Phren.)
Definition: The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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