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.
MOROSENESS
sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness
(noun) a sullen moody resentful disposition
moroseness, glumness, sullenness
(noun) a gloomy ill-tempered feeling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moroseness (usually uncountable, plural morosenesses)
Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness.
Synonyms
• morosity
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*rose"ness, n.
Definition: Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts.
Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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