hors d'oeuvre
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
- hors-d'oeuvre
- orderve (US)
[edit] Etymology
From French hors d'œuvre
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[edit] Noun
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hors d'oeuvre (plural hors d'oeuvres)
- A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
- (by extension) Anything of secondary concern; not the primary one.
[edit] Translations
appetizer
anything of secondary concern
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[edit] Quotations
- 1920 — G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem, Ch. XIII
- It seems quaintest of all when, at some Jewish luncheon parties, a tray of hats is actually handed round, and each guest helps himself to a hat as a sort of hors d'oeuvre.
- 1925 — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Ch. 3
- On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Literally, "apart from the work", in other words, "apart from the main meal"
