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.
PROLICIDE
Etymology
Noun
prolicide (countable and uncountable, plural prolicides)
(uncountable) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
(countable) One who commits prolicide.
Source: Wiktionary
Prol"i*cide, n. Etym: [L. proles offspring + caedere to kill.]
Definition: The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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