Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TACET
Etymology
Verb
tacet
(music) An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
Anagrams
• catte, tecta
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"cet, v.impers. Etym: [L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of tacere to be silent.] (Mus.)
Definition: It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STACCATO
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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