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.
SOVIET
Soviet
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; “Soviet leaders”
soviet
(noun) an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
soviet (plural soviets)
(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
Adjective
soviet (comparative more soviet, superlative most soviet)
Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).
Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union)
Etymology
Noun
Soviet (plural Soviets)
A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council”)
Adjective
Soviet (comparative more Soviet, superlative most Soviet)
(history, not comparable) Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.
Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.
Source: Wiktionary
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EARTHSHAKING
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