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.
PUTRIDLY
Etymology
Adverb
putridly (comparative more putridly, superlative most putridly)
In a putrid manner.
Anagrams
• turpidly
Source: Wiktionary
PUTRID
Pu"trid, a. Etym: [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, fr.puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. F. putride. See Pus, Foul, a.]
1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. Putrid fever (Med.), typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
– Putrid sore throat (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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