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.
INTURBIDATE
Etymology
Verb
inturbidate (third-person singular simple present inturbidates, present participle inturbidating, simple past and past participle inturbidated)
(transitive) To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tur"bid*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inturbidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inturbidating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + turbid.]
Definition: To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. [R.] The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfully inturbidates his theology. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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