Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SNOBBISH
clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
(adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
snobbish (comparative more snobbish, superlative most snobbish)
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
Synonyms
• cliquish
Source: Wiktionary
Snob"bish, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.
– Snob"bish*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
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