Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
irked (comparative more irked, superlative most irked)
Annoyed.
irked
simple past tense and past participle of irk
• annoyed
• bothered
• irritated
• perturbed
• Ikerd, diker, dirke
Source: Wiktionary
Irk, v. t. Etym: [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.]
Definition: To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak. It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.