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.
OBESE
corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund
(adjective) excessively fat; “a weighty man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
obese (comparative more obese, superlative most obese or obesest)
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.
Synonyms
• See also obese
Anagrams
• Boese
Source: Wiktionary
O*bese". a. Etym: [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p.p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) + edere to eat. See Eat.]
Definition: Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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