ragout

[ ra-goo ]
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noun
  1. French Cooking. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.

verb (used with object),ra·gouted [ra-good], /ræˈgud/, ra·gout·ing [ra-goo-ing]. /ræˈgu ɪŋ/.
  1. to make into a ragout.

Origin of ragout

1
1650–60; <French ragoût, derivative of ragoûter to restore the appetite of, equivalent to r(e)-re- + á (<Latin ad to) + goût (<Latin gustus taste)

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ragout

/ (ræˈɡuː) /


noun
  1. a richly seasoned stew of meat or poultry and vegetables

verb-gouts (-ˈɡuːz), -gouting (-ˈɡuːɪŋ) or -gouted (-ˈɡuːd)
  1. (tr) to make into a ragout

Origin of ragout

1
C17: from French, from ragoûter to stimulate the appetite again, from ra- re- + goûter from Latin gustāre to taste

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