Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
smug, self-satisfied
(adjective) marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; “a smug glow of self-congratulation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
smuggest
superlative form of smug: most smug
Source: Wiktionary
Smug, a. Etym: [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, smöck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock.]
Definition: Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.
Smug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.]
Definition: To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.