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.
PEDESTRIANIZE
Etymology
Verb
pedestrianize (third-person singular simple present pedestrianizes, present participle pedestrianizing, simple past and past participle pedestrianized)
(transitive) To restrict access to (a street) to pedestrians only, disallowing motor vehicles.
(intransitive, dated) To walk; to travel on foot.
(transitive, dated) To traverse on foot.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*des"tri*an*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pedestrianized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pedestrianizing.]
Definition: To practice walking; to travel on foot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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