单词 | rere-banquet |
释义 | rere-banquetn. Now historical and rare. A sumptuous meal taken late at night in addition to the usual evening meal. Also figurative. Cf. rere-supper n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > retiring or secondary meal voideec1374 rere-suppera1393 void1461 rere-banquet1530 after-meala1600 after-supper1600 postpast1603 rere feast?1615 arrière supper1889 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 262/1 Rere banket, ralias. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xvi. 66 The fairies or witches, being at a reere banket. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 237 He came..in the after noone, and finding the king at a rere-banquet,..turned back againe. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. Introd. 6 The booke of Littletons tenures is their breakfast, their dinner, their boier, their supper, and their rere-banquet. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron 26 b Being disposed to a rere-banquet after dinner. 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 29 Accoutred with a reere-banket, to belull the abused soule with the sleepe of an incessant surfet. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. iii. sig. Ci Balls, Treats, Reer-Banquets, Theatral Receipts To solace tedious hours. 1858 H. Staunton Plays of Shakespeare I. 385/1 (note) The gentlemen of Shakespeare's age appear to have dined about eleven o'clock, and then to have retired, either to a garden-house, or other suitable apartment, and enjoyed their rere-banquet or dessert. 1945 M. B. S. Strode-Jackson Tansy Taniard ii. 26 An occasion of great conviviality with much quaffing of ale and sac, and Spanish wines at supper, followed by a rere-banquet and more wines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530 |
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