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.
MILLION
million
(adjective) (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
million, one thousand thousand, meg
(noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion, bazillion
(noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); “there were millions of flies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
million
(long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 106; a thousand thousand.
(colloquial, hyperbole) An unspecified very large number.
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"lion, n. Etym: [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.]
1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred
2. A very great number; an indefinitely large number. Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know. Locke.
3. The mass of common people; -- with the article the. For the play, I remember, pleased not the million. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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