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† ˈfriand, a. (n.) Obs.
[a. F. friand dainty; according to Hatz.-Darm. an alteration of friant, pa. pple. of frire, the primary sense being ‘qui grille (d'impatience)’.]
A. adj. Dainty; delicious to the palate; fond of delicate food.
B. n. A person of dainty taste in food, an epicure.
1598Florio, Leccardo, a glutton, a friand, a gurmand. 1599A. Hume Hymns (1832) 11 The little friand fish in flude, and dentie volatil. 1603Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 622, I am very friand and gluttonous of fish. 1792Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 276 The good family wanted something friand for a side dish. 1818T. Moore Fudge Family 22 The land of Cocaigne, That Elysium of all that is friand and nice. |