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.
RAVING
raving, ravingly
(adverb) in a raving manner; “raving mad”
raving
(noun) declaiming wildly; “the raving of maniacs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
raving
present participle of rave
Noun
raving (plural ravings)
(usually, in the plural) Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk.
Adjective
raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)
Talking wildly.
Causing excitement or wild praise.
Adverb
raving (comparative more raving, superlative most raving)
Incoherently
Anagrams
• Garvin, Girvan, grivna
Source: Wiktionary
Rav"ing, a.
Definition: Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.
– Rav"ing*ly, adv.
RAVE
Rave, n. Etym: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
Definition: One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] Etym: [F. rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.
2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.
3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.
Rave, v. t.
Definition: To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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