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.
VIBRATIUNCLE
Etymology
Noun
vibratiuncle (plural vibratiuncles)
(now, chiefly, historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*bra"ti*un`cle, a. Etym: [Dim. of vibration.]
Definition: A small vibration. [R.] Chambers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPULSIVE
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