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.
SPARSELY
sparsely
(adverb) in a sparse way; “sparsely inhabited”; “his beard grew sparsely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
sparsely (comparative more sparsely, superlative most sparsely)
In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
Synonym: scantily
Anagrams
• Parsleys, parsleys
Source: Wiktionary
Sparse"ly, adv.
Definition: In a scattered or sparse manner.
SPARSE
Sparse, a. [Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] Etym: [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse, Disperse.]
1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
Sparse, v. t. Etym: [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to scatter.]
Definition: To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
7 April 2025
SUPERFETATION
(noun) fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; “superfetation is normal in some animal species”
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