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.
PTOSIS
ptosis
(noun) drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ptosis (countable and uncountable, plural ptoses)
(medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pto"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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