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Definition of Appetiser
1. Noun. Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).
Generic synonyms: Course
Specialized synonyms: Antipasto, Canape, Cocktail, Hors D'oeuvre, Crudites
Definition of Appetiser
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of appetizer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appetiser
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appetiser
Literary usage of Appetiser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pocket Guide to the West Indies by Algernon Edward Aspinall (1907)
"It is a good rule to avoid all stimulants before the midday meal, though an
appetiser before dinner, which may take the form of a ..."
2. The Clinical Journal (1898)
"It is a most useful appetiser and aid to digestion under any circumstances, and
especially for weak and aged persons. The Milk Wine has been extensively ..."
3. Manchu and Muscovite by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1904)
"It is not only not an appetiser, but it is even a de-appetiser, if I may be
allowed to coin and explain a pretty word. To those who are ignorant and allow ..."
4. A Nest of Spies by Pierre Souvestre, Marcel Allain (1918)
"XXIV AN appetiser AT ROBERT'S BAR "HAVE another whisky, old sport?" "Not I!
We have taken too much on board as it is." "You must! You must! ..."
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