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.
LEANNESS
leanness, thinness, spareness
(noun) the property of having little body fat
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
(noun) the quality of being meager; “an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes”-George Eliot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
leanness (uncountable)
The property of being lean, without excess or fat.
Source: Wiktionary
Lean"ness, n. Etym: [AS. hlænnes.]
Definition: The condition or quality of being lean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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