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.
RHOPALIC
Etymology
Adjective
rhopalic (comparative more rhopalic, superlative most rhopalic)
(poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
Noun
rhopalic (plural rhopalics)
A rhopalic poem.
Anagrams
• Orphical
Source: Wiktionary
Rho*pal"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. rhopalique.] (Pros.)
Definition: Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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