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.
SUFFOCATINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
suffocatingly (comparative more suffocatingly, superlative most suffocatingly)
In a suffocating manner, or to a degree that suffocates
The hall was suffocatingly crowded.
Source: Wiktionary
SUFFOCATING
Suf"fo*ca`ting, a. & n.
Definition: from Suffocate, v.
– Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv.
SUFFOCATE
Suf"fo*cate, a. Etym: [L. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]
Definition: Suffocated; choked. Shak.
Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Suf"fo*cate, v. i.
Definition: To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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