Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
IMPARISYLLABIC
Etymology
Adjective
imparisyllabic (not comparable)
Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.
Antonyms
• parisyllabic
Noun
imparisyllabic (plural imparisyllabics)
An imparisyllabic noun.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic, a. Etym: [L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)
Definition: Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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