amuse-gueule

[ ah-mooz-gœl; French a-myz-gœl ]

/ ɑˈmuzˈgœl; French aˌmüzˈgœl /

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QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

1960–65; <French amuser to gratify, amuse + gueule mouth

The purpose of art,” Bemelmans once said, “is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.
Madeline’s New York Moment: Ludwig Bemelmans’ Heroine Comes Home|Erin Cunningham|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A purse can impress and intimidate, bewilder, berate, or amuse.
The Language of Margaret Thatcher’s Handbags|Robin Givhan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Embassy produced a short video in advance of the trip, which, in the spirit of our times, is meant to both inform and amuse.
Obama And Netanyahu As Bobbleheads|Emily L. Hauser|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His masters would then amuse themselves by pelting him with bones.
Persian Fire and Rubicon (Full)|David Frum|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork—reading, writing, thinking—can.
13 Classic Helen Gurley Brown Quotes|Jesse Ellison|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It did not amuse me, nor, so far as I could discern, was Monsieur de Tressan greatly taken with it.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
You think that if a man's charming, that's the end of him, and that all he's good for is to amuse a few old ladies at a tea party.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
When he was in a good humour he used to amuse himself by saying, 'It's the first time a pipe has changed into a shoe.'
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
It is a big world she sees, big enough and beautiful enough to amuse a little girl for some while.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France
You, who love to amuse yourself in all depths, will you not make an excursion into the depths of Edgar Poe?
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier