Coffee has initially been a food â 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.
STRIDENT
raucous, strident
(adjective) unpleasantly loud and harsh
strident, shrill
(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard; âstrident demandsâ; âshrill criticismâ
fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as âfâ, âsâ, âzâ, or âthâ in both âthinâ and âthenâ)
blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous
(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; âblatant radiosâ; âa clamorous uproarâ; âstrident demandsâ; âa vociferous mobâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
Noun
strident (plural stridents)
(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
Hypernym: fricative
Anagrams
• tridents
Source: Wiktionary
Stri"dent, a. Etym: [L. stridens, -entis, p.pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.]
Definition: Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
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