Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OBLOQUIES
Noun
obloquies
plural of obloquy
Source: Wiktionary
OBLOQUY
Ob"lo*quy, n. Etym: [L. obloquium, fr. obloqui. See Oblocutor.]
1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension. Shall names that made yuor city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction Addison.
2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
– Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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