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.
SINGULTUS
hiccup, hiccough, singultus
(noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion; “how do you cure the hiccups?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
singultus (usually uncountable, plural singultuses)
(medicine) hiccups.
Source: Wiktionary
Sin*gul"tus, n. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Definition: Hiccough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AMISS
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”
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