du jour
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noun
1.
as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today: The soup du jour is split pea.
2.
fashionable; current: environmentalism and other issues du jour.
Origin:
< French: of the day
< French: of the day
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| —adj | |
| informal (postpositive) currently very fashionable or popular: the young writer du jour | |
| [C20: from French, literally: of the day (as used on restaurant menus of items that change daily)] | |
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Du jour
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
du jour
from Fr. plat du jour "dish of the day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989.
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Example sentences
The heavily promoted weight-loss ingredient du jour changes with regularity.
Diners scanning the pricey plats du jour feel ripped off.
Soon there will be a new faux pas du jour: eating the endangered swordfish.
Resist the temptation to market a product containing the ingredient du jour until you can back up your claims with solid evidence.
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