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.
ENERVATED
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
(adjective) lacking energy or vitality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
enervated (comparative more enervated, superlative most enervated)
Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
Verb
enervated
simple past tense and past participle of enervate
Anagrams
• denervate, venerated
Source: Wiktionary
ENERVATE
E*ner"vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]
Definition: To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. Macaulay. And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.
Syn.
– To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
E*ner"vate, a. Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Definition: Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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