Coffee has initially been a food ā 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.
PATRONIZE
patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
(verb) be a regular customer or client of; āWe patronize this storeā; āOur sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he couldā
patronize, patronise, condescend
(verb) treat condescendingly
sponsor, patronize, patronise
(verb) assume sponsorship of
patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
(verb) do oneās shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
patronize (third-person singular simple present patronizes, present participle patronizing, simple past and past participle patronized)
(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
Synonyms: enpatron (obsolete), patrocinate (obsolete)
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
Synonyms: condescend, infantilize
(transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.
Coordinate terms
• matronize
Anagrams
• prazitone
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"tron*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton.
2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant]
3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; āāI canāt tell you when the manager will arrive,ā he said rather uninformativelyā
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