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.
HILARITY
hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness
(noun) great merriment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hilarity (countable and uncountable, plural hilarities)
(uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter.
(countable) Something that induces laughter.
Synonyms
• cheerfulness
• buoyancy
• delight
• gaiety
• glee
• jauntiness
• merriment
• mirth
Source: Wiktionary
Hi*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. hilaritas: cf. F. hilarité. See Hilarious.]
Definition: Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. Goldsmith.
Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.
Syn.
– Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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