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.
UNNOBLE
Etymology
Adjective
unnoble (comparative more unnoble, superlative most unnoble)
(dated, chiefly pre 1900) Not of noble rank.
Not noble; ignoble; base.
(metallurgy) Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.
Synonyms
• (metallurgy): base, see base metal
Verb
unnoble (third-person singular simple present unnobles, present participle unnobling, simple past and past participle unnobled)
(transitive) To make (someone or something) no longer noble
Anagrams
• nonblue
Source: Wiktionary
Un*no"ble, a.
Definition: Ignoble. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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