Coffee has initially been a food ā 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.
DISCERNING
discerning
(adjective) having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; āa discerning criticā; āa discerning readerā
discerning
(adjective) able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; ādiscerning tasteā; āa discerning eye for colorā
apprehensive, discerning
(adjective) quick to understand; āa kind and apprehensive friendā- Nathaniel Hawthorne
discerning, discreet
(adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; āa discerning editorā; āa discreet silenceā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
discerning
present participle of discern
Adjective
discerning (comparative more discerning, superlative most discerning)
Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
Noun
discerning (plural discernings)
discernment
Anagrams
• rescinding
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cern"ing, a.
Definition: Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.
DISCERN
Dis*cern", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] Etym: [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.]
1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle. A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference. And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7. Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie. I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.
Syn.
– To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.
Dis*cern", v. i.
1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood. More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11.
2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; āāDonāt you feel well?ā his mother asked solicitouslyā
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