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.
SPECTRAL
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; “a ghostly face at the window”; “a phantasmal presence in the room”; “spectral emanations”; “spiritual tappings at a seance”
spectral
(adjective) of or relating to a spectrum; “spectral colors”; “spectral analysis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)
Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
Synonym: ghostly
Antonym: nonspectral
Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)
Anagrams
• cepstral, craplets, sceptral
Source: Wiktionary
Spec"tral, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light. F. W. Robertson.
2. (Opt.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. (Zoöl.) See Tarsius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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