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.
GIBBOSE
gibbous, gibbose
(adjective) (used of the moon) more than half full
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gibbose (comparative more gibbose, superlative most gibbose)
humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations
Anagrams
• gobbies
Source: Wiktionary
Gib*bose", a. Etym: [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch, hump. Cf. Gibbous.]
Definition: Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMISERATIVE
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
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