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.
VIVACITIES
Noun
vivacities
plural of vivacity
Source: Wiktionary
VIVACITY
Vi*vac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. vivicitas: cf. F. vivacité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: -- (a) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [Obs.] The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long. Fuller.
(b) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance.
Syn.
– Liveliness; gayety. See Liveliness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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