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.
RENASCENCE
rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence
(noun) the revival of learning and culture
reincarnation, rebirth, renascence
(noun) a second or new birth
Renaissance, Renascence
(noun) the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Renascence
(US) Alternative spelling of Renaissance
Etymology
Noun
renascence (plural renascences)
(now rare) A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.
Renewal, revival.
(now rare) The Renaissance.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*nas"cence (r-ns"sens), n. Etym: [See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.]
1. The state of being renascent. Read the Phrenascence is varied. Coleridge.
2. Same as Renaissance. The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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