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.
EMASCULATED
cut, emasculated, gelded
(adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; “a cut horse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
emasculated
simple past tense and past participle of emasculate
Anagrams
• demasculate
Source: Wiktionary
EMASCULATE
E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] Etym: [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox.
E*mas"cu*late, a.
Definition: Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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