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.
ODE
ode
(noun) a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ode (plural odes)
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Anagrams
• DOE, Doe, EDO, EOD, Edo, OED, deo, doe
Noun
ODE (plural ODEs)
(analysis) Initialism of ordinary differential equation.
Proper noun
ODE
Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English.
(computing) Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine.
Anagrams
• DOE, Doe, EDO, EOD, Edo, OED, deo, doe
Source: Wiktionary
Ode, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. vad to speak, sing. Cf. Comedy, Melody, Monody.]
Definition: A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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