Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
(noun) the creation of something in the mind
excogitation
(noun) thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)
Careful thought or consideration.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cog`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.]
Definition: The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.