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.
SPIKY
peaky, spiky
(adjective) having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; “absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
spiky (comparative spikier, superlative spikiest)
Having spikes, spiny.
hostile; standoffish
Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.
Anagrams
• kipsy, pisky
Source: Wiktionary
Spik"y, a.
1. Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.
2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. Dyer. The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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