caviar
or cav·i·are
- the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
Origin of caviar
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Contemporary Examples of caviar
They ate stuffed turkey, caviar, fresh salmon, and smoked trout.
But for me it was better than the caviar at the home of the Ambassador of the United States.
He had pigeons flown in from Cairo and a fridge permanently full of caviar.
Zahedi offered champagne and caviar; Orfila tango lessons.
Is it just a question of getting used to life without oysters and caviar?
Historical Examples of caviar
They're just bein' served with Oolong and caviar sandwiches.
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
It would begin to look like a quick change from Caviar to Crackers.
Ade's FablesGeorge Ade
I like your yacht better, and your chef and your alligator pears, and caviar.
Mistress AnneTemple Bailey
On the caviar from this fish the youth lived thirty years, in the belly of that fish.
Georgian Folk TalesUnknown
Like caviar, the genre is digestible only by those who have acquired a taste for it.
A History of Bibliographies of BibliographiesArcher Taylor
caviar
caviare
- the salted roe of sturgeon, esp the beluga, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
Word Origin for caviar
CAVIAR
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Word Origin and History for caviar
also caviare, 1550s, from French caviar (16c.), from Italian caviaro (modern caviale) or Turkish khaviar, from Persian khaviyar, from khaya "egg" (from Middle Persian khayak "egg," from Old Iranian *qvyaka-, diminutive of *avya-, from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" see egg (n.)) + dar "bearing."