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.
EMACIATING
Verb
emaciating
present participle of emaciate
Anagrams
• ænigmatic
Source: Wiktionary
EMACIATE
E*ma"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.]
Definition: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
E*ma"ci*ate, v. t.
Definition: To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
E*ma"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Definition: Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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