regalementn.
/rᵻˈɡeɪlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈɡeɪlm(ə)nt/, /riˈɡeɪlm(ə)nt/ 1. The action or an act of regaling; refreshment, entertainment.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food
liverancec1390
cheeringc1443
boarding1530
banqueting1535
potluck1592
refection1601
collationing1652
regality1672
suppering1675
blithemeat1681
treat1690
regalement1708
regale1753
bed and board1756
bed and breakfast1910
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 73 The Muses still require Humid regalement.
1799 J. West Tale of Times I. 68 The long oaken tables..which used to administer to the regalement of his tenants at Christmas.
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 72 231 With no other regalement for the ear than the hoarse braying of the beaters.
1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 4 Feb. 83/2 A writer..prepares, weekly, for the regalement of his readers, a column of facetious and aphoristic wisdom.
1918 G. Moore Story-teller's Holiday I. xii. 48 The stream is lined with noble elms, with seats between the trees for the vagrant, and some beautiful houses for his regalement.
1974 Rev. in Amer. Hist. June 278 The attempts..to circumvent authoritative directives aimed against historical facts..provide some of the most painful regalement in the book.
2004 Time Out N.Y. 28 Oct. 94/2 The Lower East Side's Slipper Room presents an evening of neoburlesque regalement.
2. A feast; a delicacy, a special treat.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > delicacy or titbit
daintethc1290
daintyc1300
morselc1390
confection1393
delicec1405
delicacya1425
delicatea1475
friandise1484
deliciositiesa1500
daintive1526
junket1538
knack1548
daintrel1575
cate1578
pulpament1600
gaudy1622
regalo1622
daint1633
titbita1641
scitament1656
regale1673
knick-knack1682
nicety1704
bonne bouche1721
diablotin1770
sunket1788
regalement1795
confiture1802
bon-bon1821
sock1825
delicatessen1853
good things1861
tiddlywinks1893
1795 J. Sinclair Gen. View Agric. Scotl. 82 We have seen, in the summer-season, a haddock occasionally, as a wonderful regalement.
1813 Monthly Rev. Nov. 237 We spread our cold collation on the Tapis Verd... After a regalement, from which it was difficult to tear ourselves, we prudently descended with the setting sun.
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 89 Sweet butter, caudle, and other such regalements.
1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 13 Feb. 207/2 An ordinary regalement..elicited no heartier grace than ‘Well! I am thankful for my dinner.’
1935 San Antonio (Texas) Light 1 Dec. i. 13/5 The customary winter regalement of sauerkraut mit pig knuckles or frankfurters.
1996 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 21 July 7/3 An array of molds and matrix tools for creating and sculpting the specially blended regalements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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