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.
VERACIOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
veraciously (comparative more veraciously, superlative most veraciously)
In a veracious manner; honestly; truthfully.
...take the following pages, as you do some long and gossippy letter written for you by a relative or friend traveling through distant scenes and incidents, and jotting them down lazily and informally, but ever veraciously ...
Source: Wiktionary
Ve*ra"cious*ly, adv.
Definition: In a veracious manner.
VERACIOUS
Ve*ra"cious, a. Etym: [L. verax, -acis, fr. verus true. See Very.]
1. Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian. The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious. Barrow.
2. Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative. The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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