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.
JILTED
jilted, rejected, spurned
(adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; “jilted at the altar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
jilted
simple past tense and past participle of jilt
Source: Wiktionary
JILT
Jilt, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.]
Definition: A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway.
Jilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jilting.]
Definition: To cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love. Locke.
Jilt, v. i.
Definition: To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously. Congreve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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