aperitif
pronunciation
How to pronounce aperitif in British English:
UK [əˌperəˈti:f]
How to pronounce aperitif in American English:
US [əˌperəˈtiːf]
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- Noun:
- taken before a meal as an appetizer
Word Origin
- aperitif (n.)
- 1894, "alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite," from French apéritif "laxative, laxative liqueur," literally "opening," from Latin aperitivus, from aperire "to open" (see overt). Compare Middle English apertive (adj.), a medical word meaning "capable of opening or dilating" (pores, etc.), early 15c.
Example
- 1. For physicists , the higgs is merely the lhc 's aperitif .
- 2. This largely forgotten wine from the jura region in france makes for a wonderful winter aperitif or digestif .
- 3. When after the ritual aperitif she herded us to the patio table , we only had to look at her to glimpse the complexity of human existence .
- 4. Snow was sometimes mixed with wine to cool it ; honey was sometimes added to create an aperitif known as mulsum ; and various herbs and spices were commonly added to wine to mask the fact that it had turned to vinegar .