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.
MALARIOUS
Etymology
Adjective
malarious (comparative more malarious, superlative most malarious)
(of a place or region) With malaria; where people may catch malaria.
Causing or relating to malaria.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*la"ri*al, Ma*la"ri*an, Ma*la"ri*ous, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria. Malarial fever (Med.), a fever produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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