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.
MORBIFIC
infective, morbific, pathogenic
(adjective) able to cause disease; “infective agents”; “pathogenic bacteria”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
morbific (comparative more morbific, superlative most morbific)
That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic. [from 17th c.]
Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Mor*bif"ic, Mor*bif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See -fy.]
Definition: Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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