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.
MUSTY
fusty, musty, frowsty
(adjective) stale and unclean smelling
moldy, mouldy, musty
(adjective) covered with or smelling of mold; “moldy bread”; “a moldy (or musty) odor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
musty (comparative mustier, superlative mustiest)
Having a stale odor.
Source: Wiktionary
Mus"ty, a. [Compar. Mustier; superl. Mustiest.] Etym: [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. Must, n., Moist.]
1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Harvey.
2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat musty. Shak.
3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. "That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation." Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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