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.
OVERWEENINGS
Noun
overweenings
plural of overweening
Source: Wiktionary
OVERWEENING
O`ver*ween"ing, a.
Definition: Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
– O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton.
– O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.
O`ver*ween"ing, n.
Definition: Conceit; arrogance. Milton.
OVERWEEN
O`ver*ween", v. t. Etym: [AS. oferw. See Over, and Ween.]
Definition: To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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