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.
STONIEST
STONY
granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony
(adjective) hard as granite; “a granitic fist”
flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
(adjective) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; “his flinty gaze”; “the child’s misery would move even the most obdurate heart”
rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony
(adjective) abounding in rocks or stones; “rocky fields”; “stony ground”; “bouldery beaches”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
stoniest
superlative form of stony: most stony
Anagrams
• snotties
Source: Wiktionary
STONY
Ston"y, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] Etym: [AS. stanig. See Stone.]
1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser.
3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. Stony coral. (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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