Coffee has initially been a food â 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.
FEWER
fewer
(adjective) (comparative of âfewâ used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; âfewer birds came this yearâ; âthe birds are fewer this yearâ; âfewer trains were lateâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Determiner
fewer (superlative fewest)
comparative degree of few; a smaller number.
Usage notes
Source: Wiktionary
FEW
Few, a. [Compar. Fewer; superl. Fewest.] Etym: [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feå, pl. feåwe; akin to OS. fah, OHG. f*, Icel. far, Sw. fÄ, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. Paucity.]
Definition: Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number.
– In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. - No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. - The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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