apéritif
a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
Also called apéritif wine . a wine served as an appetizer or cocktail.
Origin of apéritif
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How to use apéritif in a sentence
The terrace was thronged with the good Havre folks, husbands and wives and families enjoying the Sunday afternoon apéritif.
Jaffery | William J. LockeHe had been smoking with Budden-Reynolds from four till five, and then went out to the American bar for an apéritif.
The White Lie | William Le QueuxWith these and your- 36 - apéritif, the place is yours as long as you choose to remain.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithBut change and experiment and a good deal of preliminary discussion over an apéritif were more in the order of a week's visit.
Nights | Elizabeth Robins PennellHe paid for the two glasses of apéritif, and Ste. Marie could not help observing that he left on the table a very small tip.
Jason | Justus Miles Forman
British Dictionary definitions for apéritif
/ (ɑːˌpɛrɪˈtiːf, əˌpɛr-) /
an alcoholic drink, esp a wine, drunk before a meal to whet the appetite
Origin of apéritif
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