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.
NONAGE
minority, nonage
(noun) any age prior to the legal age
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
nonage (plural nonages)
The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
nonage (plural nonages)
(obsolete, rare) A payment formerly made from to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods.
Anagrams
• Genoan, gonane
Source: Wiktionary
Non"age, n. Etym: [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.)
Definition: The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
Non"age, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + age.]
Definition: Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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