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.
SENTIENCE
sentience
(noun) the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “gave sentience to slugs and newts”- Richard Eberhart
sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
awareness, sentience
(noun) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; “the crash intruded on his awareness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)
The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
Anagrams
• enceintes
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"ti*ence, Sen"ti*en*cy, n. Etym: [See Sentient, Sentence.]
Definition: The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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