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.
IMPOTENT
impotent
(adjective) lacking power or ability; “Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent”- Freeman J.Dyson; “felt impotent rage”
impotent
(adjective) (of a male) unable to copulate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
impotent (comparative more impotent, superlative most impotent)
lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
Synonyms: feeble, puny, weak
lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
Synonyms: helpless, powerless
incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection
(of a male) sterile
(obsolete) lacking self-restraint
Synonym: incontinent
Antonyms
• potent
Noun
impotent (plural impotents)
a man who has erectile dysfunction
Synonym: wet noodle
Antonym: priapist
an impotent or powerless person
Source: Wiktionary
Im"po*tent, a. Etym: [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]
1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. Addison.
2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
Im"po*tent, n.
Definition: One who is imoitent. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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