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.
PUNCTUAL
punctual, on time
(adjective) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; “she expected guests to be punctual at meals”; “he is not a particularly punctual person”; “punctual payment”; “she is always on time for class”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
punctual (comparative more punctual, superlative most punctual)
Prompt; on time.
(of an event) Happening at the appointed time
(of a person) Acting at the appointed time
(mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
(linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration
(nonstandard, Euro-English) Periodic; occasional.
(dated) Observing trivial points; punctilious.
Source: Wiktionary
Punc"tu*al, a. Etym: [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp.puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See Point.]
1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] "This punctual spot." Milton. The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. Krauth.
2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise. Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. Bp. Burnet. So much on punctual niceties they stand. C. Pitt.
3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. "The race of the undeviating and punctual sun." Cowper. These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past. J. Martineau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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