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.
TURGENT
Etymology
Adjective
turgent (comparative more turgent, superlative most turgent)
Rising into a tumour or a puffy state; tumid.
Bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"gent, a. Etym: [L. turgens, -entis, p. pr. of turgere to swell.]
1. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous. Recompensed with turgent titles. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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