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.
SPEECHIFYING
Verb
speechifying
present participle of speechify
Noun
speechifying (plural speechifyings)
The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
The act of speaking, especially at excessive length.
Source: Wiktionary
Speech"i*fy`ing, n.
Definition: The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively or humorously.] The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.
SPEECHIFY
Speech"i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speechified; p. pr. & vb. n. Speechifying.] Etym: [Speech + -fy.]
Definition: To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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