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.
WICKEDNESS
evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity
(noun) morally objectionable behavior
loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, lousiness, wickedness
(noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; “the vileness of his language surprised us”
sin, sinfulness, wickedness
(noun) estrangement from god
nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness
(noun) the quality of being wicked
wickedness, darkness, dark
(noun) absence of moral or spiritual values; “the powers of darkness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
Source: Wiktionary
Wick"ed*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Gen. vi. 5. Their inward part is very wickedness. Ps. v. 9.
2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. I'll never care what wickedness I do, If this man comes to good. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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