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.
EXPECTANT
enceinte, big(p), expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child
(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; “was big with child”; “was great with child”
anticipant, anticipative, expectant
(adjective) marked by eager anticipation; “an expectant hush”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
Marked by expectation.
Pregnant.
(medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Noun
expectant (plural expectants)
A person who expects or awaits something.
Anagrams
• exceptant
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pect"ant, a. Etym: [L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Definition: Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.)
Definition: waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
Ex*pect"ant, n.
Definition: One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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