ragoutn.¹

Brit.

/ˈraɡuː/,

/raˈɡuː/, U.S.

/ræˈɡu/

Forms:

α. 1600s– ragout, 1700s–1800s ragoût.

β. 1600s ragoue, 1600s–1700s ragoe, 1600s–1800s ragou, 1600s– ragoo, 1900s– ragu, 1900s– ragù; also Scottish pre-1700 ragow.

γ. 1600s ragust, 1600s–1700s ragoust.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ragoût, ragoust.

Etymology: < French ragoût, †ragoust appetizing dressing, relish (1623), dish, usually of meat, with a spicy sauce (1647 in the passage translated in quot. 1652 at sense 1aα. ) < ragoûter , †ragouster to have a taste of, to incite the appetite (14th cent. in Middle French) < re re- prefix + à to ( < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix) + goût goût n.³In form ragù after Italian ragù stew (1669), spicy pasta sauce (1750; < French).

a. A highly seasoned dish, usually consisting of meat cut into small pieces and stewed with vegetables.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > stewed meat

stewpot1542

estew1566

fricassee1568

ragout1652

pepperpot1698

grenade1706

haricot1706

pupton1706

lobscouse1707

stew1756

puchero1802

granada1806

bredie1815

muddle1833

scouse1840

slum1847

hashmagandy1851

ropa vieja1855

chilli con carne1857

sorpotel1863

goulash1866

daube1877

paprikash1877

chilli1886

pot-pie1890

slumgullion1902

cholent1903

cracker-hash1904

cracker-stew1909

gippo1914

waterzooi1915

Fanny Adams1921

adobo1938

cassoulet1940

feijoada1941

coddle1942

stifado1950

rancho1957

tinga1964

α.

1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women sig. Yy2 And shall we likewise believe..that voluntary and inveterate Wounds will be cured with Ragouts and Perfumes [Fr. des ragousts & des parfums]?

1656–7 W. Davenant First Days Entertainm. Rutland-House in Wks. (1673) 357 Your Pottages, Carbonnades, Grillades, Ragouts,..and Entremets.

1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 34 That Ragout which the Italians call Cavayar.

1723 Briton No. iii Rich wines and high-season'd Ragouts supply the place of Vegetables and meer Element.

1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany II. xxxiv. 76 They made me almost sick only with the sight of their pasties, tarts, ragouts, &c.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. xxi. 310 A rich soup, roast fowls, various ragoûts which I cannot describe.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves ix. 212 A most amazing Johnnie who dishes a wicked ragoût.

1952 S. Plath Jrnl. 19 Aug. (2000) 131 She likes to cook—stews & ragouts especially.

2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 49 A soupy, salty, sweet-and-sour ragout that most westerners would never identify with the word ‘curry’.

β. 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women 81 But this Judgement, to speak properly, is a Judgement of frantick men, who had rather dye with Ragous, then to be cured with Rhubarb.1676 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revolution Empire Great Mogol II. 11 There was a certain Ragou which I thought passable: And I was obliged to express a liking of so exquisite a Dish.a1687 Duke of Buckingham Timon in Wks. (1705) I. 57 As for French Kick-shaws, Cellery, and champain, Ragous and Fricasses, introth we'ave none.1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 291 She sent her Priests in Wooden Shoes From haughty Gaul to make Ragous.1789 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) ii. 40 Put the collops into the ragoo.1806 J. Simpson Compl. Syst. Cookery 715/4 Ragoo Melé.1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 123 He classed your Kickshaws and Ragoos With Popery and Wooden Shoes.1918 Indianapolis Star 13 Mar. 16/8 Ragoo of spring lamb, garden vegetables en casserole.1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ii. 57 Yorke gave us a capital dinner, with roast buffalo, a pair of ducks, a ragoo and a roly-poly pudding.2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Books section) 1 The complex French ragoos, hashes and bisques.γ. 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook Gloss. Ragoust. It is any sauce, or meat prepared with a haut goust, or quicke or sharp taste.1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 43 Season her, as French Cooks use, Their Haut-gusts, Buollies, or Ragusts.1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 59 Producing..the same effect which salt does in a ragoust.1710 Tatler No. 258. ⁋1 To toss up the Fragments of a Feast into a Ragoust.1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 6 It will equally serve in a Fricasie, or a Ragoust.

b. figurative and in extended use. A varied or piquant mixture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 83 These being Conceits too trivial, though a Ragoust fit enough for Mr. Bayes his palate.

1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife ii. i. 15 She has an odd Ragoût of Guardians, as you will find when you hear the Characters.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber ii. 27 A mere Ragoust, toss'd up from the Offals of other Authors.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal sig. A 2 He..now presents ye with—a Sea-ragout... A stout Hibernian, and ferocious Scot, Together boil in our inchanted pot.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 298 This is what I wished to have..this young girl... I wanted her just as a change after that fierce ragout.

1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxviii. 381 If my eccentricities furnish a ragout for omnivorous society, I should be philanthropically glad that tittle-tattledom owes me thanks.

1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. i. 7 The recipe out of which the poisonous ragout of Germany's peril was & is concocted is as follows.

1994 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. c8/2 ‘People forget that the embryo develops in an environment,’ one that is awash in a ragout of hormones.

a. A sauce or relish; (now) spec. a rich meat sauce for pasta.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun]

sauce1340

dressing1504

embamma1623

ragout1653

dipa1825

dipping sauce1948

1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook Gloss. Ragoust. It is any sauce or meat prepared with a haut goust, or quicke or sharp taste.

1698 A. Blencowe Receipt Bk. (1925) 30 Aganst it [sc. a rabbit pie] comes out of the oven, have redy made a Ragoo, brown, with butter and flower (a little brown only) & good Gravy.

1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. ii. 148 Pour on it a Ragoo, and Garnish with Orange and Lemon.

1769 J. Skeat Art of Cookery 8 Sweetbreads Princess'd... These must be done in an oven, and a good ragout sauce in the dish, with parsley chopt fine.

1824 M. Randolph Virginia House-wife 93 Stuff the ducks..pour a ragout of onions over them, and serve them up hot.

1877 Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1177/2 Mask, to cover meat with any rich sauce, ragoût, &c.

1952 G. A. McCue tr. M. E. Descourtilz in Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 39 313 The resources which it [sc. the tomato] offers to the culinary art in the preparation of ragouts and ‘coulis’, have given it admittance to all the vegetable gardens in the vicinity of Paris.

1958 Times 21 July 11/4 Another pasta sauce that is easy to prepare is the Bolognese or ragu.

1994 Francofile Mag. Autumn 69/1 The main course of magret de canard was delicately cooked, and served rare as is the custom, garnished with a pasta ragout.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 21 Nov. 64/3 Buglione's brother makes the mozzarella. His mother will step in on Sundays to make ‘the real ragù’ (a.k.a. Sunday sauce).

†b. figurative. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iv. iv. 63 For 'tis but just, although he be my Master, That I in these Ragousts should be his taster.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 28 A Couplet in a Song gives a better Ragoust to a Controversial Discourse.

1698 L. Milbourne Notes Dryden's Virgil 67 The Translator puts in a little Burlesque now and then, for a Ragout for his cheated Subscribers.

1701 Mr. Wolesly in C. Sidley New Misc. 119 The rich ragout, Wit's too profuse Expence.

1734 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. (1827) IV. iv. 240 Hunger was their only ragout.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ragoutv.²

Brit.

/ˈraɡuː/,

/raˈɡuː/, U.S.

/ræˈɡu/

Forms: see ragout n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ragout n.¹

Etymology: < ragout n.¹

1. transitive. To make a ragout of; to stew with highly flavoured seasoning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > dress in specific way

hash1615

to farce together1650

fricassee1657

collarc1670

britten1688

roll1702

ragout1710

French1747

turtlea1756

fricandeau1769

haricot1769

surprise1769

1710 W. Salmon Family Dict. (ed. 4) 380/1 (heading) Pigeons to ragoo.

1733 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. ii. 7 Breast of Veal ragou'd, with Mushrooms.

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 163 To ragout a Leg of Mutton.

1779 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Apr. (1978) 152 We had for dinner a Breast of Veal ragouted.

1833 Westm. Rev. Jan. 33 To allow beef to be ragouted in small kitchens.

1847 S. Rutledge Carolina Housewife iv. xxv (heading) To ragout a breast of veal.

1939 Times 30 June 21/4 (heading) ‘To ragoo cucumbers’ (A Georgian recipe).

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May g7/1 Mr. Gardner's title story..about a small-town chef slaughtering and ragouting a small black dog stolen from a pet store.

2. transitive. To give spice or variety to. Also: to elaborate. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)]

beetc975

betterOE

goodOE

sharpa1100

amendc1300

enhance1526

meliorate1542

embetter1568

endeara1586

enrich1598

meliorize1598

mend1603

sweeten1607

improve1617

to work up1641

ameliorate1653

solace1667

fine1683

ragout1749

to make something of1778

richen1795

transcendentalize1846

to tone up1847

to do something (also things) for (also to)1880

rich1912

to step up1920

uprate1965

up1968

nice1993

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. i. 5 We shall..hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian Seasoning of Affectation and Vice.

1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 458/2 Pin a stomacher bib on, Ragout it with cutlets of silver and ribbon.

1890 J. R. Lowell Writings 142 Those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it; They turn and vary it in every way, Hashing it, stewing it, mincing it, ragouting it.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Nov. 40/4 If corruption entered in, if human nature was degraded and hashed and ragooed, it was because of processes far different from those of the digestive tract.

Derivatives

raˈgouted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [adjective] > specific highly seasoned dish

ragouted1755

masala1780

Madras1959

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xv. 286 I would not have you touch these ragoo'd rabbits.

1810 Splendid Follies I. 73 He handed his plate to the butler for some ragoued pigeon.

1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) ii. 34 Allow me to press you to a trifle of this ragoo'd mutton.

2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Mar. k7 Slender frogs' legs paddling in garlic, a trail of ragouted snails and fricaseed eels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ragout
释义	ragoutn.¹ Brit. /ˈraɡuː/, /raˈɡuː/, U.S. /ræˈɡu/ Forms: α. 1600s– ragout, 1700s–1800s ragoût. β. 1600s ragoue, 1600s–1700s ragoe, 1600s–1800s ragou, 1600s– ragoo, 1900s– ragu, 1900s– ragù; also Scottish pre-1700 ragow. γ. 1600s ragust, 1600s–1700s ragoust. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ragoût, ragoust. Etymology: < French ragoût, †ragoust appetizing dressing, relish (1623), dish, usually of meat, with a spicy sauce (1647 in the passage translated in quot. 1652 at sense 1aα. ) < ragoûter , †ragouster to have a taste of, to incite the appetite (14th cent. in Middle French) < re re- prefix + à to ( < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix) + goût goût n.³In form ragù after Italian ragù stew (1669), spicy pasta sauce (1750; < French). 1. a. A highly seasoned dish, usually consisting of meat cut into small pieces and stewed with vegetables. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > stewed meat stewpot1542 estew1566 fricassee1568 ragout1652 pepperpot1698 grenade1706 haricot1706 pupton1706 lobscouse1707 stew1756 puchero1802 granada1806 bredie1815 muddle1833 scouse1840 slum1847 hashmagandy1851 ropa vieja1855 chilli con carne1857 sorpotel1863 goulash1866 daube1877 paprikash1877 chilli1886 pot-pie1890 slumgullion1902 cholent1903 cracker-hash1904 cracker-stew1909 gippo1914 waterzooi1915 Fanny Adams1921 adobo1938 cassoulet1940 feijoada1941 coddle1942 stifado1950 rancho1957 tinga1964 α. 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women sig. Yy2 And shall we likewise believe..that voluntary and inveterate Wounds will be cured with Ragouts and Perfumes [Fr. des ragousts & des parfums]? 1656–7 W. Davenant First Days Entertainm. Rutland-House in Wks. (1673) 357 Your Pottages, Carbonnades, Grillades, Ragouts,..and Entremets. 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 34 That Ragout which the Italians call Cavayar. 1723 Briton No. iii Rich wines and high-season'd Ragouts supply the place of Vegetables and meer Element. 1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany II. xxxiv. 76 They made me almost sick only with the sight of their pasties, tarts, ragouts, &c. 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. xxi. 310 A rich soup, roast fowls, various ragoûts which I cannot describe. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves ix. 212 A most amazing Johnnie who dishes a wicked ragoût. 1952 S. Plath Jrnl. 19 Aug. (2000) 131 She likes to cook—stews & ragouts especially. 2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 49 A soupy, salty, sweet-and-sour ragout that most westerners would never identify with the word ‘curry’. β. 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women 81 But this Judgement, to speak properly, is a Judgement of frantick men, who had rather dye with Ragous, then to be cured with Rhubarb.1676 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revolution Empire Great Mogol II. 11 There was a certain Ragou which I thought passable: And I was obliged to express a liking of so exquisite a Dish.a1687 Duke of Buckingham Timon in Wks. (1705) I. 57 As for French Kick-shaws, Cellery, and champain, Ragous and Fricasses, introth we'ave none.1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 291 She sent her Priests in Wooden Shoes From haughty Gaul to make Ragous.1789 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) ii. 40 Put the collops into the ragoo.1806 J. Simpson Compl. Syst. Cookery 715/4 Ragoo Melé.1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 123 He classed your Kickshaws and Ragoos With Popery and Wooden Shoes.1918 Indianapolis Star 13 Mar. 16/8 Ragoo of spring lamb, garden vegetables en casserole.1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ii. 57 Yorke gave us a capital dinner, with roast buffalo, a pair of ducks, a ragoo and a roly-poly pudding.2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Books section) 1 The complex French ragoos, hashes and bisques.γ. 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook Gloss. Ragoust. It is any sauce, or meat prepared with a haut goust, or quicke or sharp taste.1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 43 Season her, as French Cooks use, Their Haut-gusts, Buollies, or Ragusts.1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 59 Producing..the same effect which salt does in a ragoust.1710 Tatler No. 258. ⁋1 To toss up the Fragments of a Feast into a Ragoust.1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 6 It will equally serve in a Fricasie, or a Ragoust. b. figurative and in extended use. A varied or piquant mixture. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 83 These being Conceits too trivial, though a Ragoust fit enough for Mr. Bayes his palate. 1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife ii. i. 15 She has an odd Ragoût of Guardians, as you will find when you hear the Characters. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber ii. 27 A mere Ragoust, toss'd up from the Offals of other Authors. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal sig. A 2 He..now presents ye with—a Sea-ragout... A stout Hibernian, and ferocious Scot, Together boil in our inchanted pot. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 298 This is what I wished to have..this young girl... I wanted her just as a change after that fierce ragout. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxviii. 381 If my eccentricities furnish a ragout for omnivorous society, I should be philanthropically glad that tittle-tattledom owes me thanks. 1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. i. 7 The recipe out of which the poisonous ragout of Germany's peril was & is concocted is as follows. 1994 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. c8/2 ‘People forget that the embryo develops in an environment,’ one that is awash in a ragout of hormones. 2. a. A sauce or relish; (now) spec. a rich meat sauce for pasta. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] sauce1340 dressing1504 embamma1623 ragout1653 dipa1825 dipping sauce1948 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook Gloss. Ragoust. It is any sauce or meat prepared with a haut goust, or quicke or sharp taste. 1698 A. Blencowe Receipt Bk. (1925) 30 Aganst it [sc. a rabbit pie] comes out of the oven, have redy made a Ragoo, brown, with butter and flower (a little brown only) & good Gravy. 1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. ii. 148 Pour on it a Ragoo, and Garnish with Orange and Lemon. 1769 J. Skeat Art of Cookery 8 Sweetbreads Princess'd... These must be done in an oven, and a good ragout sauce in the dish, with parsley chopt fine. 1824 M. Randolph Virginia House-wife 93 Stuff the ducks..pour a ragout of onions over them, and serve them up hot. 1877 Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1177/2 Mask, to cover meat with any rich sauce, ragoût, &c. 1952 G. A. McCue tr. M. E. Descourtilz in Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 39 313 The resources which it [sc. the tomato] offers to the culinary art in the preparation of ragouts and ‘coulis’, have given it admittance to all the vegetable gardens in the vicinity of Paris. 1958 Times 21 July 11/4 Another pasta sauce that is easy to prepare is the Bolognese or ragu. 1994 Francofile Mag. Autumn 69/1 The main course of magret de canard was delicately cooked, and served rare as is the custom, garnished with a pasta ragout. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 21 Nov. 64/3 Buglione's brother makes the mozzarella. His mother will step in on Sundays to make ‘the real ragù’ (a.k.a. Sunday sauce). †b. figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iv. iv. 63 For 'tis but just, although he be my Master, That I in these Ragousts should be his taster. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 28 A Couplet in a Song gives a better Ragoust to a Controversial Discourse. 1698 L. Milbourne Notes Dryden's Virgil 67 The Translator puts in a little Burlesque now and then, for a Ragout for his cheated Subscribers. 1701 Mr. Wolesly in C. Sidley New Misc. 119 The rich ragout, Wit's too profuse Expence. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. (1827) IV. iv. 240 Hunger was their only ragout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ragoutv.¹ Forms: 1600s ragoust. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ragoûter, ragouster. Etymology: < French ragoûter, †ragouster to have a taste of (see ragout n.¹). Obsolete. transitive. Probably: to have a relish of; to appreciate, understand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > value of relish1602 ragout1673 appreciate1770 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 142 If there be, Within you so much Repartee, As to ragoust now what I mean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ragoutv.² Brit. /ˈraɡuː/, /raˈɡuː/, U.S. /ræˈɡu/ Forms: see ragout n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ragout n.¹ Etymology: < ragout n.¹ 1. transitive. To make a ragout of; to stew with highly flavoured seasoning. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > dress in specific way hash1615 to farce together1650 fricassee1657 collarc1670 britten1688 roll1702 ragout1710 French1747 turtlea1756 fricandeau1769 haricot1769 surprise1769 1710 W. Salmon Family Dict. (ed. 4) 380/1 (heading) Pigeons to ragoo. 1733 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. ii. 7 Breast of Veal ragou'd, with Mushrooms. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 163 To ragout a Leg of Mutton. 1779 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Apr. (1978) 152 We had for dinner a Breast of Veal ragouted. 1833 Westm. Rev. Jan. 33 To allow beef to be ragouted in small kitchens. 1847 S. Rutledge Carolina Housewife iv. xxv (heading) To ragout a breast of veal. 1939 Times 30 June 21/4 (heading) ‘To ragoo cucumbers’ (A Georgian recipe). 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 May g7/1 Mr. Gardner's title story..about a small-town chef slaughtering and ragouting a small black dog stolen from a pet store. 2. transitive. To give spice or variety to. Also: to elaborate. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 betterOE goodOE sharpa1100 amendc1300 enhance1526 meliorate1542 embetter1568 endeara1586 enrich1598 meliorize1598 mend1603 sweeten1607 improve1617 to work up1641 ameliorate1653 solace1667 fine1683 ragout1749 to make something of1778 richen1795 transcendentalize1846 to tone up1847 to do something (also things) for (also to)1880 rich1912 to step up1920 uprate1965 up1968 nice1993 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. i. 5 We shall..hereafter hash and ragoo it with all the high French and Italian Seasoning of Affectation and Vice. View more context for this quotation 1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 458/2 Pin a stomacher bib on, Ragout it with cutlets of silver and ribbon. 1890 J. R. Lowell Writings 142 Those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it; They turn and vary it in every way, Hashing it, stewing it, mincing it, ragouting it. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Nov. 40/4 If corruption entered in, if human nature was degraded and hashed and ragooed, it was because of processes far different from those of the digestive tract. Derivatives raˈgouted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [adjective] > specific highly seasoned dish ragouted1755 masala1780 Madras1959 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xv. 286 I would not have you touch these ragoo'd rabbits. 1810 Splendid Follies I. 73 He handed his plate to the butler for some ragoued pigeon. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) ii. 34 Allow me to press you to a trifle of this ragoo'd mutton. 2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Mar. k7 Slender frogs' legs paddling in garlic, a trail of ragouted snails and fricaseed eels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : rag-outn.² < n.¹1652v.¹1673v.²1710 see also
随便看	to save or keep up appearances to save out of the fire to save the appearances to save the day to save the follow to save the follow on to save the lurch to save the phenomena to save the situation to save the world to save up to savour of the foist to savour of the pan to saw a chunk length off to saw a chunk off to saw a chunk piece off to saw gourds to saw one's hand to saw the air to saw wood to say to say a few words to say a good word about to say a good word for to say a mouthful

ragoutn.1

† ragoutv.1

ragoutv.2

Derivatives

> see also

ragoutn.¹

† ragoutv.¹

ragoutv.²