Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of apéritif.
WordNet 3.0
- n. alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
Examples
“After returning to Geneva I've been desperately searching for one whenever an aperitif is offered only to get baffled looks.”
“Chilled, dry and potent this aperitif is as severe as the contours of Hotel Zoso’s architecture.”
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“Local red Tolosa beans appear in what Elena Arzak, Mr. Arzak's daughter and the restaurant's co-head chef, calls an "aperitif," an otherworldly broth served in a shot glass.”
“The French have largely retained their ancient sober habit (save for the unhappy introduction of the afternoon "aperitif"), but the English have shown a tendency to abandon their intemperance of excess in favour of an opposed intemperance, and instead of drinking till they fall under the table have sometimes developed a passion for not drinking at all.”
“Yes, some might argue that tomorrow night's Premier League ties - including six other beauties - make tonight the 'aperitif' to Wednesday's 'main course', but then I've always been a big fan of hors d'oeuvres so everyone's a winner right?”
“( 'vay say' is from "doo-ble-vay-say" -- the pronunciation for "W.C." [water-closet]); un apéro (m) is short for "aperitif," or drink.”
“('vay say' is from "doo-ble-vay-say"--the pronunciation for "W.C." water-closet); un apéro (m) is short for "aperitif," or drink.”
“You can have your aperitif outdoors, browse books in the bar, have supper next door then digest to the sound of some of the best poets in Barcelona.”
“It's a great aperitif—and it's very affordably priced.”
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“She'll also prepare spritzers made with the Italian aperitif Aperol, which has summery flavors like bitter orange and rhubarb.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aperitif’.
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Agatha Christie
Charming and intriguing words one finds in AG's murder mysteries. Also see Murdered, you say?
ambassadress, aperitif, baluster, cause célèbre, crime passionnel, embankment, embonpoint, galantine, mauvais sujet, mephistophelean, mountebank, purloin and 67 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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Niels's Words
bien-pensant, pro re nata, zeitgeist, naïve, quod erat demonst..., dramastic, mélange, amanuensis, heuristic, hermeneutic, gist, gumption and 157 more...
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French words in German language
words and phrases with french background commonly used in the german language, so-called "Gallizismen"
trottoir, paravent, rayon, perron, fauteuil, garage, arrangement, etablissement, portemonnaie, parterre, coupé, voliere and 123 more...
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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Thomas's Words
argus-eyed, chasmophile, extirpate, aperitif, outre, repartee, schadenfreude, insouciant, joie de vivre, callipygian, cavil, ad hominem and 147 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Ada, or Ardor ~Vladmir Nabokov
granoblastically, cicerone, aerocable, anachronistically, parvis, athwart, mnemonic, squitteroo, nusshaus, edelweiss, intermezzo, cabriole and 183 more...
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Libatious Lexemes
A list devoted to terms related to drinking; particularly alcohol.
reposado, armagnac, rhum agricole, tumbler, claret, medoc, muddler, tun, amontillado, amaro, chartreuse, calvados and 67 more...
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hfabulous's Words
ziggurat, embiggens, cromulent, donkey, interrobang, bleat, pilcrow, aperitif, panserbjørne, iota, quinine, pagoda and 9 more...
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Restaurants, Menus and Cookbooks
aperitif, kumquat, aspic, digestif, ceviche, beignet, fritter, zabaglione, spumoni, gyro, pistou, brioche and 15 more...
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TamaraRose's Words
perspicacious, stygian, phantasmagoria, svengali, eloquent, azure, schadenfreude, curmudgeon, corvine, thaumaturgy, tranquility, tempestuous and 62 more...
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in the kitchen
asparagus, scullion, blender, rutabaga, kumquat, couscous, rhubarb, cassaba, jicama, chorizo, baba ganoush, shiitake and 9 more...
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xephemiance's list
asphalt, cascade, cocaine, aperitif, saudade, phthalo, requiem, lingering, sere, vicarism, schism, imaginary
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DoLike
a few favourites
pertain, elude, brouhaha, chap, jazz, cracking, mooch, tremendous, ethos, what, aperitif, sanguine and 20 more...
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Scriptie: Miller's Crossing
By the Coen brothers, 1990.
ethics, high hat, schnook, elves, schmatta, the fix, guinea, on the nose, greengrocer, bookie, protection money, rumpus and 80 more...
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