Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PROPERISPOMENON
Etymology
Adjective
properispomenon (not comparable)
In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
Synonyms
• properispomenal
Noun
properispomenon (plural properispomenons or properispomena)
A word having such an accent.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*per`i*spom"e*non, n.; pl. Properispomena. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Perispomenon.] (Gr. Gram.)
Definition: A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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