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.
POSTMORTEM
postmortem, postmortal
(adjective) occurring or done after death; “postmortem changes”; “a postmortem examination to determine cause of death”; “postmortal wounds”
postmortem
(adjective) after death or after an event; “a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death”; “the postmortem discussion of the President’s TV address”
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination
(noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem, post-mortem
(noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
postmortem (plural postmortems)
Alternative spelling of post mortem
Source: Wiktionary
Post-mor"tem, a. Etym: [L., after death.]
Definition: After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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