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.
TEMPERATE
moderate, temperate
(adjective) not extreme; “a moderate penalty”; “temperate in his response to criticism”
temperate
(adjective) not extreme in behavior; “temperate in his habits”; “a temperate response to an insult”; “temperate in his eating and drinking”
temperate
(adjective) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; “a temperate region”; “the temperate zones”; “temperate plants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate)
Moderate; not excessive
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
Proceeding from temperance.
Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
Synonyms
• (moderate): See also moderate
• (moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions): See also temperate and sober
Verb
temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated)
(obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate
Synonyms: soften, temper
Anagrams
• petameter, petametre
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. temperatus, p.p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shak. That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. Tennyson.
3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin.
4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Pope. Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Syn.
– Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
Tem"per*ate, v. t.
Definition: To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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