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.
SNAPPY
alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
(adjective) quick and energetic; “a brisk walk in the park”; “a lively gait”; “a merry chase”; “traveling at a rattling rate”; “a snappy pace”; “a spanking breeze”
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; “a dapper young man”; “a jaunty red hat”
snappish, snappy
(adjective) apt to speak irritably; “a snappish tone of voice”
crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
(adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating; “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”; “a nipping wind”; “a nippy fall day”; “snappy weather”
snappy, whipping
(adjective) smart and fashionable; “snappy conversation”; “some sharp and whipping lines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
(informal) Irritable.
(informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
Chilly, brisk, sharp.
Synonyms
• (rapid and without delay): fast, immediate, quick
• (irritable): irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy
Source: Wiktionary
Snap"py, a.
Definition: Snappish. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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