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.
BUCOLIC
arcadian, bucolic, pastoral
(adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; “a country life of arcadian contentment”; “a pleasant bucolic scene”; “charming in its pastoral setting”; “rustic tranquility”
bucolic, pastoral
(adjective) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; “pastoral seminomadic people”; “pastoral land”; “a pastoral economy”
eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl
(noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
peasant, provincial, bucolic
(noun) a country person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)
Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Etymology 2
Noun
bucolic (plural bucolics)
A pastoral poem.
A rustic, peasant.
Source: Wiktionary
Bu*col"ic, a. Etym: [L. bucolicus, Gr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Bu*col"ic, n. Etym: [L. Bucolicôn poëma.]
Definition: A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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