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.
OPPORTUNITY
opportunity, chance
(noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; “the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington”; “now is your chance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
A favorable circumstance or occasion.
(nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness
Source: Wiktionary
Op`por*tu"ni*ty, n.; pl. Opportunities. Etym: [F. opportunité, L. opportunitas. See Opportune.]
1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Bacon.
2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. Milton.
3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– Occasion; convenience; occurrence.
– Opportunity, Occasion. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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