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.
SUBSULTORY
Etymology
Adjective
subsultory (comparative more subsultory, superlative most subsultory)
Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*sul"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap.]
Definition: Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] -- Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [R.] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, -- these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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