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.
ERST
once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst
(adverb) at a previous time; “at one time he loved her”; “her erstwhile writing”; “she was a dancer once”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
erst (not comparable)
(obsolete) First.
Etymology 2
Adverb
erst (not comparable)
(obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
(obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
(archaic, poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.
Anagrams
• 'rest, -ster, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, rest, rest., rets, tres
Source: Wiktionary
Erst, adv. Etym: [Orig. superlative of ere; AS. . See Ere.] [Archaic]
1. First. Chaucer.
2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. Chaucer. Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. A. W. Ward. At erst, at first; at the beginning.
– Now at erst, at this present time. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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