Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OBSCENER
Adjective
obscener
comparative form of obscene
Source: Wiktionary
OBSCENE
Ob*scene", a/ Etym: [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obscéne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts.
2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.
3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden.
Syn.
– Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
– Ob*scene"ly, adv.
– Ob*scene"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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