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.
INTERCURRENT
Etymology
Adjective
intercurrent (not comparable)
Running between or among; intervening.
(medicine, of a disease or condition) Simultaneous; occurring at the same time as, or during the period of, another condition.
(medicine, of a disease or condition) Not belonging to any particular season.
Noun
intercurrent (plural intercurrents)
Something intervening.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*cur"rent, a. Etym: [L. intercurrens, p. pr. of intercurrere: cf. F. intercurrent. See Intercur.]
1. Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.
2. (Med.) (a) Not belonging to any particular season. (b) Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. Dunglison.
In`ter*cur"rent, n.
Definition: Something intervening. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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