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.
SINCEREST
Adjective
sincerest
superlative form of sincere: most sincere
Anagrams
• incesters, secretins
Source: Wiktionary
SINCERE
Sin*cere", a. [Compar. Sincerer; superl. Sincerest.] Etym: [L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli (see Single), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sincère.]
1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. Arbuthnot. A joy which never was sincere till now. Dryden.
2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.] The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.
3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness. A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions. Law.
4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person. The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account. Waterland.
Syn.
– Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected; inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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