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apéritif

[ ah-per-i-teef, uh-per-; French a-pey-ree-teef ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural a·pé·ri·tifs [ah-per-i-, teefs, a, -pey-, r, ee-, teef].

a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
Also called apéritif wine. a wine served as an appetizer or cocktail.

apéritif

/ ɑːˌpɛrɪˈtiːf; əˌpɛr- /

1890–95; < French ( vin ) apéritif; aperitive

C19: from French, from Medieval Latin aperitīvus, from Latin aperīre to open

The terrace was thronged with the good Havre folks, husbands and wives and families enjoying the Sunday afternoon apéritif.

He had been smoking with Budden-Reynolds from four till five, and then went out to the American bar for an apéritif.

With these and your- 36 - apéritif, the place is yours as long as you choose to remain.

But change and experiment and a good deal of preliminary discussion over an apéritif were more in the order of a week's visit.

He paid for the two glasses of apéritif, and Ste. Marie could not help observing that he left on the table a very small tip.

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