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.
GEN
gen
(noun) informal term for information; “give me the gen on your new line of computers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Gen
A Niger-Congo language of Togo.
Etymology 2
Noun
Gen (plural Gens)
A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Anagrams
• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.
Etymology 1
Noun
gen (uncountable)
(chiefly, British, informal) information
(birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.
(fandom) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
Synonyms
• (fan fiction): genfic
Etymology 2
Noun
gen (plural gens)
Alternative letter-case form of Gen
Etymology 3
Verb
gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)
To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
Noun
gen (plural gens)
(slang) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
Synonym: genny
Etymology 4
Verb
gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)
(science fiction) To genetically engineer.
Etymology 5
Noun
gen (plural gens)
(obsolete, UK, slang) A shilling.
Etymology 6
Noun
gen (plural gens)
(informal) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
Anagrams
• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.
Noun
GEN (plural GENs)
(taxation, US) Initialism of group exemption number.
Anagrams
• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.
Source: Wiktionary
-gen. Etym: [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -gène.]
1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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