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.
IDEALISM
idealism, high-mindedness, noble-mindedness
(noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
idealism
(noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
idealism
(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
Synonym: philosophical idealism
Antonym: materialism
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Source: Wiktionary
I*de"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. idéalisme.]
1. The quality or state of being ideal.
2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.
3. (Philos.)
Definition: The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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