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.
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; “He palavered her into going along”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inveigle (third-person singular simple present inveigles, present participle inveigling, simple past and past participle inveigled)
(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
Synonyms: entice, induce, put someone up to something
(transitive) To obtain through guile or cunning.
• Sometimes confused with inveigh.
Source: Wiktionary
In*vei"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inveigled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler, avugler, avegler, fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle, avugle, properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. à, L. ad. See Ocular.]
Definition: To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle. Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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.