Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
URBANITY
urbanity
(noun) the quality or character of life in a city or town; “there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity”
urbanity
(noun) polished courtesy; elegance of manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities)
Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.
Antonyms
• rurality
Anagrams
• Tyburnia
Source: Wiktionary
Ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.
Syn.
– Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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