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.
DISAPPOINTED
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
(adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful; “disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions”; “their foiled attempt to capture Calais”; “many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers”; “his best efforts were thwarted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
disappointed (comparative more disappointed, superlative most disappointed)
Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
Expressing or indicating disappointment.
Synonyms
• discomfited
• foiled
• frustrated
• thwarted
Usage notes
The following examples illustrate common usage
• She was disappointed in you. (i.e. Your actions, attitude, etc. disappointed her.)
• She was disappointed with her performance.
• She was disappointed at being left out.
• She was disappointed to be left out.
• She was disappointed that you didn’t go to her party.
Verb
disappointed
simple past tense and past participle of disappoint
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`ap*point"ed, a.
1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.] Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak.
DISAPPOINT
Dis`ap*point", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] Etym: [OF. desapointier, F. désappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See Appoint.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was excepted, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay.
Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.
2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.
Syn.
– To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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