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.
FORTIETH
fortieth, th
(adjective) the ordinal number of forty in counting order
fortieth
(noun) position 40 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fortieth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number forty.
Noun
fortieth (plural fortieths)
The person or thing in the fortieth position.
One of forty equal parts of a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
For"ti*eth, a. Etym: [AS. feĂłwertigo. See Forty.]
1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
For"ti*eth, n.
Definition: One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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