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.
CUSPID
canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid
(noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cuspid (plural cuspids)
A tooth with a single cusp; a canine.
Synonyms
• canine tooth
• eyetooth
• dogtooth
Anagrams
• Cupids, Sidcup, cupids
Source: Wiktionary
Cus"pid (ks"pd), n. Etym: [See Cusp.] (Anat.)
Definition: One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
17 June 2025
RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
Coffee Trivia
