ragout

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"This ragout is admirable," he said.

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  1. noun A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables.

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  • It is not, as you may imagine, the Bourgeois, and less distinguished prisoners only, who indulge in these highly-seasoned repasts, at the expence of inhaling the savoury atmosphere they leave behind them: the beaux and petites mistresses, among the ci-devant, have not less exigent appetites, nor more delicate nerves; and the ragout is produced at night, in spite of the odours and disorder that remain till the morrow. —  A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795
  • This famous dish was a species of ragout, bearing some affinity to haricot mutton. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • My rigatoni was braised with veal breast ragout, porcini mushrooms and roasted garlic. —  The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper
  • Venaison ragout (rabbit), duck foie gras and bouillabaisse is what has to be on your Cannes 'menu, but the prices bite, especially if one is a first-timer to Cannes and does not know where a hidden treasure of a moderate priced restaurant is around there. —  Examiner California Headlines
  • I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout —  MetaFilter Projects
 

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  1. French ragoût, from ragoûter, to revive the taste, from Old French ragouster : re-, re- + a-, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + gost, taste (from Latin gustus; see geus- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly spelled ragoo or ragou, in imitation of the F. pron., also ragoust, from Old French ragoust, French ragoût, a stew, a seasoned dish, from ragouster, ragoûter, bring back to one's appetite; from re- (from Latin re-), again, + a- (from Latin ad), to,+ gouster, French goûter, from Latin gustare, taste: see gust.
  2. ragout, n.
 

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