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.
UMBRAGE
umbrage, offense, offence
(noun) a feeling of anger caused by being offended; “he took offence at my question”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
umbrage (countable and uncountable, plural umbrages)
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
Synonyms: annoyance, displeasure, odium, offense, resentment, huff, miff, peeve, pique
A feeling of doubt.
Synonym: suspicion
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.
(obsolete) Shadow; shade.
Verb
umbrage (third-person singular simple present umbrages, present participle umbraging, simple past and past participle umbraged)
(transitive) To displease or cause offense.
(transitive) To shade.
Source: Wiktionary
Um"brage (; 48), n. Etym: [F. ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, Umbratic.]
1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton.
2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.] The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward.
3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment. Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn. Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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