/rɒsˌtiːtʃəˈriːeɪ/, U.S. /rɔsˌtitʃəˈrieɪ/, /rɑsˌtitʃəˈrieɪ/.rosticcerian.
/rɒsˌtiːtʃəˈriːə/, U.S. /rɔsˌtitʃəˈriə/, /rɑsˌtitʃəˈriə//rɒsˌtiːtʃəˈriːeɪ/, U.S. /rɔsˌtitʃəˈrieɪ/, /rɑsˌtitʃəˈrieɪ/. Chiefly in Italy: a shop or self-service restaurant specializing in roasted meat and other prepared hot dishes. Cf. rotisserie n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1930 E. K. Rand In Quest of Virgil's Birthplace 93 We must look up a rosticceria.
1949 Manch. Guardian 23 Aug. 6/7 A good rule is..to..take one meal a day in a ‘Rosticceria’ or counter restaurant.
1977 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 June 5 f The rosticcerie..specialize in fried foods and salads.
1983 N.Y. Times 24 July (Travel section) 21/2 Chickens, ducks, quail, rabbit, beef liver wrapped in caul fat and lamb turn on spits at takeout rosticcerias, some of which..also have dining rooms.
2007 A. Doerr Four Seasons in Rome 76 Shauna finds a rosticceria with chickens on spits that is open on Sundays.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1930