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.
RUDIMENTAL
Etymology
Adjective
rudimental (comparative more rudimental, superlative most rudimental)
(uncommon) Rudimentary.
Usage notes
• Used less than 1% as often as rudimentary in US and UK (per COCA and BNC).
Source: Wiktionary
Ru`di*men"tal, a.
Definition: Rudimentary. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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