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.
VIXEN
vixen
(noun) a female fox
vixen, harpy, hellcat
(noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vixen (plural vixens)
A female fox.
A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
(colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.
(colloquial) A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent.
Synonyms
• (malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman): See Thesaurus:shrew
• (racy or salacious woman): See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Hypernyms
• (female fox): fox
Anagrams
• invex
Etymology
Proper noun
Vixen
The fourth reindeer of Santa Claus.
Coordinate terms
(Santa Claus's reindeer):
• Dasher
• Dancer
• Prancer
• Comet
• Cupid
• Donner
• Blitzen
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Anagrams
• invex
Source: Wiktionary
Vix"en, n. Etym: [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox. See Fox.]
1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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