Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
IDIOPATHICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
idiopathically (not comparable)
In an idiopathic sense or manner.
Source: Wiktionary
IDIOPATHIC
Id`i*o*path"ic, Id`i*o*path"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. idiopathique.] (Med.)
Definition: Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.
– Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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