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.
REJECTION
rejection
(noun) the act of rejecting something; “his proposals were met with rejection”
rejection
(noun) the speech act of rejecting
rejection
(noun) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; “rejection of the transplanted liver”
rejection
(noun) the state of being rejected
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rejection (countable and uncountable, plural rejections)
The act of rejecting.
The state of being rejected.
(sports) A blocked shot.
Synonyms
• (state of being rejected): rejectedness
Source: Wiktionary
Re*jec"tion (r-jk"shn), n. Etym: [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.]
Definition: Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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