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.
LIRIPOOP
Etymology
Noun
liripoop (plural liripoops)
(obsolete) A pendent part of the old clerical tippet.
(obsolete) A tippet; a scarf; worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.
(obsolete) acuteness; smartness
(obsolete) A smart trick or stratagem.
(obsolete) A silly person.
Source: Wiktionary
Lir"i*poop, n. Etym: [OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison.]
1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [Obs.]
2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.[Obs.] Stanihurst.
3. A silly person. [Obs.] A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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