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.
STIMULATION
foreplay, arousal, stimulation
(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
stimulation
(noun) the act of arousing an organism to action
stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
(noun) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
stimulation
(noun) (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)
A pushing or goading toward action.
An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
(biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stim`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. stimulatio: cf. F. stimulation.]
1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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