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.
RAMBLING
rambling, meandering(a), wandering, winding
(adjective) of a path e.g.; “meandering streams”; “rambling forest paths”; “the river followed its wandering course”; “a winding country road”
digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
(adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; “amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women’s fashions among other things”; “a rambling discursive book”; “his excursive remarks”; “a rambling speech about this and that”
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly
(adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly; “sprawling handwriting”; “straggling branches”; “straggly hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rambling
present participle of ramble
Adjective
rambling
Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
Confused and irregular; awkward.
Synonyms
• (digressing): desultory
Noun
rambling (plural ramblings)
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
A gentle hike.
Anagrams
• marbling
Source: Wiktionary
Ram"bling, a.
Definition: Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
RAMBLE
Ram"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling.] Etym: [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind Locke.
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson.
Syn.
– To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ram"ble, n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.
2. Etym: [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining)
Definition: A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
17 November 2024
MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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