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.
SCURRILITY
scurrility, billingsgate
(noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scurrility (countable and uncountable, plural scurrilities)
Something that is scurrilous.
Source: Wiktionary
Scur*ril"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. scurrilitas: cf. F.scurrilité.]
1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak.
2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse. Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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