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.
PROCONSUL
proconsul
(noun) an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
proconsul
(noun) a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
proconsul
(noun) an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
proconsul (plural proconsuls)
(in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*con"sul, n. Etym: [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.
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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