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.
INFELICITY
infelicity
(noun) inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
infelicity (countable and uncountable, plural infelicities)
(uncountable) The condition of being infelicitous
(countable) Something that is infelicitous or inappropriate
Antonyms
• (condition): felicity
Source: Wiktionary
In`fe*lic"i*ty, n.; pl. Infelicities. Etym: [L. infelicitas: cf. F. infélicité. See In- not, and Felicity.]
1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. Glanvill.
2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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