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.
PRIVACY
privacy, privateness, seclusion
(noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment
(noun) the condition of being concealed or hidden
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
privacy (countable and uncountable, plural privacies)
(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
(uncountable) Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one private life.
(uncountable) Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
(countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
(obsolete, legal) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.; Privity.
(obsolete) Secrecy.
(countable, obsolete) A private matter; a secret.
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"va*cy, n.; pl. Privacies. Etym: [See Private.]
1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe.
3. Concealment of what is said or done. Shak.
4. A private matter; a secret. Fuller.
5. See Privity, 2. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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