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.
RIDICULOUS
pathetic, ridiculous, silly
(adjective) inspiring scornful pity; “how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years”- Dashiell Hammett
farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous
(adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; “the wild farcical exuberance of a clown”; “ludicrous green hair”
absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
(adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision; “the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”; “that’s a cockeyed idea”; “ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer”; “a contribution so small as to be laughable”; “it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion”; “a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history”; “her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ridiculous (comparative more ridiculous, superlative most ridiculous)
Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
Astonishing; unbelievable.
Synonyms
• silly
• willy nilly
• frivolous
• goofy
• funny
• humorous
• absurd
• odd
• surreal
• unreasonable
• See also absurd
Antonyms
• straightforward
• serious
• somber
• solemn
Source: Wiktionary
Ri*dic"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible.]
1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior. Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton.
2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [r.] [It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. Shak.
Syn.
– Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous. --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv.
– Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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