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.
ofter
(mostly, poetic or dialectal) comparative form of oft; more often
• Foret, Forte, fetor, forte, frote
Source: Wiktionary
Oft"er, adv.
Definition: Compar. of Oft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Oft (ôft; 115), adv. Etym: [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel.opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf. Often.]
Definition: Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer. Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.
Oft, a.
Definition: Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]
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’
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.