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.
OBVIOUS
obvious
(adjective) easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; “obvious errors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Synonyms
• See also obvious.
Antonyms
• unobvious
• non-obvious
• subtle
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"vi*ous, a. Etym: [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to dispute." Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.
Syn.
– Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
– Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv.
– Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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