Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
smugs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.