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.
ESS
Noun
ess (plural esses)
The name of the Latin-script letter S.
Something shaped like the letter S.
Usage notes
• Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link, etc.
Verb
ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)
To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.
Hypernyms
• wind
Anagrams
• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE
Proper noun
ESS (plural er-noun)
(software, IBM) Initialism of Enterprise Storage Server.
Noun
ESS (plural ESSes)
(evolutionary theory) evolutionarily stable strategy
(electronics) Initialism of electronic switching system.
(electrical) Abbreviation of energy storage system.
Initialism of employee self-service.
Initialism of earth system science.
Anagrams
• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE
Source: Wiktionary
-ess. Etym: [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr.
Definition: A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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21 March 2025
SESQUIPEDALIAN
(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”
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