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.
OSTENTATION
ostentation
(noun) pretentious or showy or vulgar display
ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
ostentation, fanfare, flash
(noun) a gaudy outward display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ostentation (usually uncountable, plural ostentations)
Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
(obsolete) A show or spectacle.
Synonyms
• parade
• pageantry
• show
• showiness
• pomp
• pompousness
• vaunting
• boasting
• See also arrogance
Source: Wiktionary
Os`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.]
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.
2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.
– Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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