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.
EFFLUX
outflow, effluence, efflux
(noun) the process of flowing out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
efflux (countable and uncountable, plural effluxes)
The process of flowing out.
That which has flowed out.
Synonyms
• (process of flowing out): outflow, effluxion, effluence
• (that which has flowed out): outflow
Antonyms
• influx
Verb
efflux (third-person singular simple present effluxes, present participle effluxing, simple past and past participle effluxed)
(intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
Source: Wiktionary
Ef"flux, n. Etym: [See Effluent, Flux.]
1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety. It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor.
2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence. Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson.
Ef*flux", v. i.
Definition: To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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