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.
MODERNITY
modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness
(noun) the quality of being current or of the present; “a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
modernity (plural modernities)
The quality of being modern or contemporary.
Modern times.
(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*der"ni*ty, n.
Definition: Modernness; something modern. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NEWSPAPER
(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; “they used bales of newspaper every day”
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