precaffeinated en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English caffeinated English precaffeinated From pre- + caffeinated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not having yet ingested caffeine; in particular, not having yet had one's first cup of coffee in the morning
This production, which takes all the focus I can muster in my precaffeinated haze, results in about two ounces of good, strong coffee.
2009 January 4, Pete Wells, “Orange Genius”, in New York Times: