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.
LENIENT
lenient
(adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy
lenient
(adjective) not strict; “an easy teacher”; “easy standards”; “lenient rules”; “an easy penalty”
indulgent, lenient, soft
(adjective) tolerant or lenient; “indulgent parents risk spoiling their children”; “too soft on the children”; “they are soft on crime”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lenient (comparative more lenient, superlative most lenient)
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
Synonyms
• lax, permissive
Antonyms
• strict
• severe
• stringent
• unlenient
Noun
lenient (plural lenients)
(medicine) A lenitive; an emollient.
Source: Wiktionary
Le"ni*ent, a. Etym: [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- some "Lenient of grief." Milton. Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. Arbuthnot. Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand. Pope.
2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Le"ni*ent, n. (Med.)
Definition: A lenitive; an emollient.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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