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.
ENCLITIC
Etymology
Noun
enclitic (plural enclitics)
(linguistics) A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.
Adjective
enclitic (not comparable)
(grammar) Affixed phonetically.
Anagrams
• lectinic
Source: Wiktionary
En*clit"ic, En*clit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.)
Definition: Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.)
Definition: A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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