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.
PEEVISHLY
peevishly, querulously, fractiously
(adverb) in a peevish manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
peevishly (comparative more peevishly, superlative most peevishly)
In a peevish manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Pee"vish*ly, adv.
Definition: In a peevish manner. Shak.
PEEVISH
Pee"vish, a. Etym: [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.]
1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak.
2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak.
Syn.
– Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious; discontented. See Fretful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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