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.
INTUITIVE
intuitive, nonrational, visceral
(adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
intuitive
(adjective) spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; “an intuitive revulsion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
intuitive (comparative more intuitive, superlative most intuitive)
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
Having a marked degree of intuition.
Antonyms
• unintuitive
• nonintuitive
• counterintuitive
Noun
intuitive (plural intuitives)
One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tu"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intuitif.]
1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or intuitive. Milton.
3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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