antepast
noun
an·te·past
ˈantə̇ˌpast,
-tē-
plural -s
archaic
: foretaste
specifically : a first course to whet the appetite
Word History
Etymology
borrowed (with conformation to repast entry 1) from Italian antipasto antipasto
First Known Use
1582, in the meaning defined above
- dephlegmates
- dephlegmating
- dephlegmation
- dephlegmator
- dephlegmators
- dephlogisticate
- dephlogisticated
- dephlogisticates
- dephlogisticating
- dephosphorization
- dephosphorize
- dephosphorylate
- dephosphorylated
- dephosphorylates
- dephosphorylating
- dephosphorylation
- dephosphorylations
- depict
- depicted
- depicter
- depicters
- depicting
- depiction
- depictions
- depictors