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.
SHERPA
Sherpa
(noun) a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Sherpa (plural Sherpas or Sherpa)
A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers.
A high-ranking government official who works tirelessly in the background to conclude the text of an official communiqué, typically from a G7 or G20 summit.
Proper noun
Sherpa
The Southern Tibetan language of these people.
Anagrams
• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, shrape, sphear
Etymology
Noun
sherpa (plural sherpas)
A mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Sherpa people so employed.
An expert sent by a country’s leader to a summit meeting.
A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
Verb
sherpa (third-person singular simple present sherpas, present participle sherpaing, simple past and past participle sherpaed)
(rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
Anagrams
• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, shrape, sphear
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
4 April 2025
GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee Trivia
