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.
FRIGHT
fear, fearfulness, fright
(noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
frighten, fright, scare, affright
(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
Verb
fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)
(archaic, transitive) To frighten.
Etymology 2
Adjective
fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)
(rare) frightened; afraid; affright
Source: Wiktionary
Fright, n. Etym: [OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faĂşrhtei fear, faĂşrhts timid.]
1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– Alarm; terror; consternation. See Alarm.
Fright, v. t. [imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Frighting.] Etym: [OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG. furihten, forahtan, G. fĂĽrchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte, Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten.]
Definition: To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.
Syn.
– To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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