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.
BOORISH
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)
Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
Synonyms: rude, uncultured
Source: Wiktionary
Boor"ish, a.
Definition: Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
– Boor"ish*ly, adv.
– Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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