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.
BIBULOUS
bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish
(adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; “a bibulous fellow”; “a bibulous evening”; “his boozy drinking companions”; “thick boozy singing”; “a drunken binge”; “two drunken gentlemen holding each other up”; “sottish behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)
Very absorbent.
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish
Synonyms
• See also drunk
Source: Wiktionary
Bib"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See Bib, v. t. ]
1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.
2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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