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.
SIBILANTS
Noun
sibilants
plural of sibilant
Source: Wiktionary
SIBILANT
Sib"i*lant, a. Etym: [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
Definition: Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
– n.
Definition: A sibiliant letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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