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.
HETEROGRAPHY
Etymology
Noun
heterography (countable and uncountable, plural heterographies)
(countable) An incorrect spelling; a spelling different from accepted spelling.
(uncountable) Spelling in which a particular letter represents more than one possible sound.
Synonyms
• (incorrect spelling): misspelling
Anagrams
• erythrophage
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Hetero- + -graphy.]
Definition: That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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