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.
FOSSILIZED
fossilized, fossilised, ossified
(adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; “obsolete fossilized ways”; “an ossified bureaucratic system”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
fossilized
simple past tense and past participle of fossilize
Adjective
fossilized
In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock
outmoded
(linguistics) having become a fossil: no longer productive
Synonyms
• (outmoded): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also obsolete or unfashionable
Source: Wiktionary
Fos"sil*ized, a.
Definition: Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.
FOSSILIZE
Fos"sil*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.
Fos"sil*ize, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MODEST
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
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