Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
EXORDIA
EXORDIUM
exordium
(noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exordia
plural of exordium
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• exradio
Source: Wiktionary
EXORDIUM
Ex*or"di*um, n.; pl. E. Exordiums, L. Exordia . Etym: [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.]
Definition: A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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