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.
LEISURED
leisured
(adjective) free from duties or responsibilities; “he writes in his leisure hours”; “life as it ought to be for the leisure classes”- J.J.Chapman; “even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men”- Ida Craven
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leisured (comparative more leisured, superlative most leisured)
Having leisure time.
Leisurely, filled with leisure.
Source: Wiktionary
Lei"sured, a.
Definition: Having leisure. "The leisured classes." Gladstone.
LEISURE
Lei"sure n. Etym: [OE. leisere, leiser, OF.leisir, F. loisir, orig., permission, fr. L. licere to be permitted. See License.]
1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple.
2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. Dryden. At leisure. (a) Free from occupation; not busy. (b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
Lei"sure, a.
Definition: Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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