apéritif
noun/ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/ · /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
Etymology Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.
1
An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Antonyms
- digestif