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.
ITHYPHALLIC
Etymology
Adjective
ithyphallic (comparative more ithyphallic, superlative most ithyphallic)
(historical, Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
(specifically) Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus.
Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.
Synonym: priapic (one sense)
(by extension) Lascivious, obscene.
Synonym: Thesaurus:obscene
(poetry) Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee.
Noun
ithyphallic (plural ithyphallics)
A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre.
A lascivious or obscene poem or song.
Notes
Source: Wiktionary
Ith`y*phal"lic, a. Etym: [L. ithyphallicus, fr. ithyphallus, Gr. membrum virile erectum, or a figure thereof carried in the festivals of Bacchus.]
Definition: Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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