caviar
noun/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/ · /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.
1
Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
2
Figuratively Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.
- Derived terms
- beluga caviar, black caviar, Carolina caviar, caviarlike, caviar spoon, caviar to the general, cowboy caviar, gauche caviar, green caviar, poor man's caviar, red caviar, salmon caviar, Texas caviar, Yorkshire caviar
- Related terms
- malosol