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.
DISCONTINUITY
discontinuity
(noun) lack of connection or continuity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
discontinuity (plural discontinuities)
A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap. [from 16th c.]
(mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous. [from 19th c.]
(geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty, n.
Definition: Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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