Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SURQUIDRY
Sur"que*dry, Sur"qui*dry, n. Etym: [OF. surcuidier to presume; sur over + cuidier to think, L. cogitare. See Sur-, and Cogitate.]
Definition: Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence. [Obs.] Chaucer. Then pay you the price of your surquedry. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOMESTICATION
(noun) accommodation to domestic life; “her explorer husband resisted all her attempts at domestication”
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