Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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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