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.
NIGHEST
nearest, nighest, closest
(adverb) (superlative of ‘near’ or ‘close’) within the shortest distance; “that was the time he came nearest to death”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
nighest
(archaic) superlative form of nigh: most nigh
Anagrams
• Thesing, sighten, signeth, singeth, thinges
Source: Wiktionary
NIGH
Nigh, a. [Compar. Nigher; superl. Nighest, or Next (.] Etym: [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. neáh, n; akin to D. na, adv., OS. nah, a., OHG. nah, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. na (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n, n, adv., nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. Prior.
2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." Knolles. Ye ... are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. ii. 13.
Syn.
– Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
Nigh, adv. Etym: [AS. neáh, n. See Nigh, a.]
1. In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near. He was sick, nigh unto death. Phil. ii. 27. He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned. Milton.
2. Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
Nigh, v. t. & i.
Definition: To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. iii. 2).
Nigh, prep.
Definition: Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh shore" Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CURE
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