Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
UMBRATILE
Etymology
Adjective
umbratile (comparative more umbratile, superlative most umbratile)
Shady, shadowy.
Noun
umbratile (plural umbratiles)
Someone who spends their time in shade or darkness.
Source: Wiktionary
Um"bra*tile, a. Etym: [L. umbraticus, fr. umbra shade.]
Definition: Umbratic. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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