petit verren.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtɪ ˈvɛː/, U.S.

/ˌpɛdi ˈvɛ(ə)r/

Inflections: Plural petits verres, (rare) petit verres.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petit verre.

Etymology: < French petit verre (1780 or earlier in this sense) < petit (see petit adj.) + verre glass (see verre n.).

A glass of a liqueur.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > glass of

petit verre1847

1847 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 396 Many are the petits verres that an uncontrollable indulgence of these little irresistibilities compel their suicidal victim to undergo before breakfast.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. viii. 141 They proposed a ‘petit verre’. I declined.

1895 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 5211 [He] sipped his petit verre.

1939 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Journey to War 292 Self-confident among the laughter and the petits verres.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 21 July 20 It spoke of chocolat liègeois and petits verres and sun-drugged companions risen straight out of the sparkling Mediterranean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petit verre
释义	petit verren. Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈvɛː/, U.S. /ˌpɛdi ˈvɛ(ə)r/ Inflections: Plural petits verres, (rare) petit verres. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petit verre. Etymology: < French petit verre (1780 or earlier in this sense) < petit (see petit adj.) + verre glass (see verre n.). A glass of a liqueur. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > glass of petit verre1847 1847 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 396 Many are the petits verres that an uncontrollable indulgence of these little irresistibilities compel their suicidal victim to undergo before breakfast. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. viii. 141 They proposed a ‘petit verre’. I declined. 1895 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 5211 [He] sipped his petit verre. 1939 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Journey to War 292 Self-confident among the laughter and the petits verres. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 21 July 20 It spoke of chocolat liègeois and petits verres and sun-drugged companions risen straight out of the sparkling Mediterranean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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