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.
DISORIENTED
alienated, anomic, disoriented
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
confused, disoriented, lost
(adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”; “the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disoriented
simple past tense and past participle of disorient
Adjective
disoriented (comparative more disoriented, superlative most disoriented)
Having lost one's direction; confused.
Source: Wiktionary
DISORIENT
Dis*o"ri*ent, v. t.
Definition: To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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