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.
NECESSARY
necessary
(adjective) unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; “the necessary consequences of one’s actions”
necessary
(adjective) absolutely essential
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
(noun) anything indispensable; “food and shelter are necessities of life”; “the essentials of the good life”; “allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions”; “a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Necessary (plural Necessarys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Necessary is the 24554th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Necessary is most common among White (96.95%) individuals.
Etymology
Adjective
necessary (comparative more necessary, superlative most necessary)
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
Synonym: Thesaurus:requisite
Antonym: unnecessary
Unavoidable, inevitable.
Synonyms: inevitable, natural
Antonyms: evitable, incidental, impossible
(obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
Noun
necessary (plural necessaries)
(UK, archaic euphemism, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
Synonyms
• See bathroom
Source: Wiktionary
Nec"es*sa*ry, a. Etym: [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire.]
1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shak.
2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. Tillotson.
3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
Nec"es*sa*ry, n.; pl. Necessaries (.
1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.
2. A privy; a water-closet.
3. pl. (Law)
Definition: Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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