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.
ELSE
Proper noun
Else
A surname.
Etymology
Adjective
else (not comparable)
(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
Usage notes
• This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.
Adverb
else (not comparable)
(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.
Usage notes
• (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever.
Synonyms
• otherwise
Conjunction
else
For otherwise; or else.
(computing, in many programming languages and pseudocode) but if the condition of the previous if clause is false, do the following.
Anagrams
• EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele
Source: Wiktionary
Else, a. & pron. Etym: [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. Alias, Alien.]
Definition: Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming What else shall I give Do you expect anything else "Bastards and else." Shak.
Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.
Else, adv. & conj.
1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. Ps. li. 16.
Note: After `or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I" Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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