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.
OBLIQUATION
Etymology
Noun
obliquation
The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity.
Deviation from moral rectitude.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob`li*qua"tion, n. Etym: [L. obliquatio, fr. obliquare to turn obliquely. See Oblique.]
1. The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Deviation from moral rectitude. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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