Nearby Words
preposition
1.
according to; in the manner of: a short poem à la Ogden Nash.
2.
Cookery.
a.
prepared in the manner of, to the taste of, or by: chicken à la provençale.
b.
prepared with the ingredient of.
Also, a la.
Origin:
1580–90; < French: short for à la mode de in the style of
1580–90; < French: short for à la mode de in the style of
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à la
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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