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.
NETTLED
annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung
(adjective) aroused to impatience or anger; “made an irritated gesture”; “feeling nettled from the constant teasing”; “peeved about being left out”; “felt really pissed at her snootiness”; “riled no end by his lies”; “roiled by the delay”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
nettled
simple past tense and past participle of nettle
Adjective
nettled (comparative more nettled, superlative most nettled)
annoyed; offended
Mrs Fitzpatrick was a little nettled at this; and indeed, if it may not be called a lapse of the tongue, it was a small deviation from politeness in Jones, and into which he scarce would have fallen, had not the delight he felt in praising Sophia hurried him out of all reflection; for this commendation of one cousin was more than a tacit rebuke on the other.
Source: Wiktionary
NETTLE
Net"tle, n. Etym: [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezzïla, nazza, Dan. nelde, nälde, Sw. nässla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamædryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.
Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus Laportea (as L. gigas and L. moroides); -- also called nettle tree.
– Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See under Hemp.
– Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of Lamium.
– False nettle (Bæhmeria cylindrica), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles.
– Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
– Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
– nettle tree. (a) Same as Hackberry. (b) See Australian nettle (above).
– Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (Jatropha urens).
– Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
– Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles.
– Sea nettle (Zoöl.), a medusa.
Net"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nettled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling.]
Definition: To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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