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.
MISSIVE
letter, missive
(noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization; “mailed an indignant letter to the editor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
missive (plural missives)
(formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.
(in the plural, Scotland, legal) Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.
(obsolete) One who is sent; a messenger.
Adjective
missive (not comparable)
Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.
(obsolete) Serving as a missile; intended to be thrown.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis"sive, a. Etym: [See Missive, n.]
1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.
2. Missile. "The missive weapons fly." Dryden. Letters missive, letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent, which are addressed to the public.
Mis"sive, n. Etym: [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.]
1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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