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.
FLACCIDLY
Etymology
Adverb
flaccidly (comparative more flaccidly, superlative most flaccidly)
In a flaccid manner
Source: Wiktionary
FLACCID
Flac"cid, a. Etym: [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]
Definition: Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
– Flac"cid*ly, adv.
– Flac"cid*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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