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.
LYCANTHROPY
lycanthropy
(noun) (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lycanthropy (usually uncountable, plural lycanthropies)
(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom.
(mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.
A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
Synonyms
• (state of being a werewolf) werewolfdom, werewolfism
Source: Wiktionary
Ly*can"thro*py, n. Etym: [Gr. lycanthropie.]
1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. Lowell.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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