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.
TARDINESS
tardiness
(noun) the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tardiness (countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses)
(uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
(countable) The result or product of being tardy.
Synonyms
• (quality of being tardy): lateness, tardity; see also lateness
Antonyms
• earliness, punctuality; see also earliness or punctuality
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"di*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being tardy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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