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.
LOUT
lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk
(noun) an awkward stupid person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
lout (plural louts)
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
Synonym: Thesaurus:troublemaker
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Synonym: Thesaurus:bumpkin
Verb
lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)
(obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Etymology 2
Verb
lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)
(intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
Anagrams
• Toul, tolu, ulto
Source: Wiktionary
Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]
Definition: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.
Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]
Definition: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
Lout, v. t.
Definition: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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