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.
EXEMPLAR
exemplar, example, model, good example
(noun) something to be imitated; “an exemplar of success”; “a model of clarity”; “he is the very model of a modern major general”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
exemplar (plural exemplars)
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
Synonym: Thesaurus:model
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; an example.
Synonym: Thesaurus:exemplar
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
Etymology 2
Adjective
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
(obsolete) Exemplary.
Anagrams
• exampler
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*em"plar, n. Etym: [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.
2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.
Ex*em"plar, a.
Definition: Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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