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.
ENGROSSING
absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting
(adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention; “a fascinating story”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
engrossing
present participle of engross
Adjective
engrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)
Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
Synonyms
• absorbing
• fascinating
Noun
engrossing (plural engrossings)
The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.
Anagrams
• grossening
Source: Wiktionary
ENGROSS
En*gross", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] Etym: [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.] Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser. Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak.
2. To amass. [Obs.] To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. Shak.
3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment. Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. Hawthorne. Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. De Quincey.
4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power. Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage.
– Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.
Syn.
– To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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