Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
RATTLEBRAINED
rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty
(adjective) lacking sense or discretion; “his rattlebrained crackpot ideas”; “how rattlepated I am! I’ve forgotten what I came for”- Glenway Westcott
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rattlebrained (comparative more rattlebrained, superlative most rattlebrained)
Foolish
Source: Wiktionary
Rat"tle-brained`, a.
Definition: Giddy; rattle-headed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NECESSITATE
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”
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