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noun
1.
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make into a ragout.
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Origin:
1650–60; < French ragoût, derivative of ragoûter to restore the appetite of, equivalent to r(e)- re- + á (< Latin ad to) + goût (< Latin gustus taste)
1650–60; < French ragoût, derivative of ragoûter to restore the appetite of, equivalent to r(e)- re- + á (< Latin ad to) + goût (< Latin gustus taste)
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ragout
1656, from Fr. ragoût (1642), from M.Fr. ragoûter "awaken the appetite," from O.Fr. re- "back" + à "to" + goût "taste," from L. gustum (nom. gustus); see gusto.
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