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.
SAUCILY
impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently
(adverb) in an impudent or impertinent manner; “a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
saucily (comparative more saucily, superlative most saucily)
In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently.
Source: Wiktionary
Sau"ci*ly, adv.
Definition: In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness. Addison.
SAUCY
Sau"cy, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.] Etym: [From Sauce.]
1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest Shak.
2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and sausy wrongs. Shak.
Syn.
– Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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