aperitif
/əˈpɛrɪtiːf
/ /əˌpɛrɪˈtiːf /noun
An alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite.I like to have two types of bubbles to hand at Christmas: a cheapie for Buck's fizz and impromptu parties and a decent Champagne to drink as an aperitif before lunch....
- It is a very dry wine best drunk as an aperitif, and served slightly chilled.
- Whiskey, aperitifs and wine were on hand, with some local beer thrown in for good measure.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French apéritif, from medieval Latin aperitivus, based on Latin aperire 'to open'.
Rhymes
- punctualness
- punctuate
- punctuated equilibrium
- punctuatim
- punctuation
- punctuational
- punctuationalism
- punctuationalist
- punctuationism
- punctuationist
- punctuation mark
- thespianism
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- the spirit of the Blitz
- the spirit world
- Thespis
- the sport of kings
- the Springboks
- Thess.
- Thessalian
- Thessalonians, Epistle to the
- Thessalonica
- Thessaloníki
- Thessaly
- the staff of life