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.
SYLLEPTICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
sylleptically (not comparable)
By syllepsis.
Source: Wiktionary
SYLLEPTIC
Syl*lep"tic, Syl*lep"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
– Syl*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.
SYLLEPTICAL
Syl*lep"tic, Syl*lep"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
– Syl*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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