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.
QUADRIPARTITION
Etymology
Noun
quadripartition (plural quadripartitions)
A division into four parts.
Verb
quadripartition (third-person singular simple present quadripartitions, present participle quadripartitioning, simple past and past participle quadripartitioned)
(transitive) To partition into four.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad`ri*par*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. quadripartitio: cf. F. quadripartition.]
Definition: A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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