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.
TRIUMPHAL
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant
(adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; “rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day”; “a triumphal success”; “a triumphant shout”
triumphal
(adjective) relating to or celebrating a triumph; “a triumphal procession”; “a triumphal arch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
triumphal (comparative more triumphal, superlative most triumphal)
Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
Synonyms
• (celebrating triumph, victory): triumphant
Noun
triumphal (plural triumphals)
(obsolete) A token of victory.
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*um"phal, a. Etym: [L. triumphalis: cf. F. triomphal.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch. Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. Milton.
Tri*um"phal, n.
Definition: A token of victory. [Obs.] Joyless triumphals of his hoped success. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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