au bleu
adjective (or adverb)
(ˌ)ōˈblœ̅,
-ˈblə̄,
-ˈblü
: cooked by boiling in acidulated water immediately after being killed and cleaned but without being washed or scaled —used especially of trout
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, to the blue; from the fact that the skin of fish cooked in this manner turns blue
First Known Use
1776, in the meaning defined above
- indifferentisms
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- indifferently
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- indigences
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- indigene
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- indigenisation
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- indigenising
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- indigenization
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