单词 | bonne bouche |
释义 | bonne bouchen. Cookery. A small savoury or sweet item of food served as an appetizer or at the end of a meal. Frequently figurative and in extended use. Cf. amuse-bouche n. ΘΚΠ 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 1721 C. Cibber Refusal iv. 63 Your Airs only..can give a Bonne Bouche to our Entertainment. 1762 R. Symmer in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) IV. 455 I must give you a piece of good news by way of a bonne bouche. 1822 W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 4) 343 Its high rank on the list of savoury Bonnes Bouches. 1870 Eng. Mech. 21 Jan. 449/1 Some early bird, to which a caterpillar is a bonne bouche. 1907 M. M. Crawford Madame de Lafayette & her Family xxi. 312 Satisfying their appetites on the fruits which had been the bonne bouches of the absent nuns. 1956 N. Coward Diary 6 Oct. (2000) 334 I have had an unexpected bonne bouche in the form of a preface written by Terry Rattigan. 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty xv. 435 Just then desserts, mere bonnes bouches in foot-wide puddles of pink coulis, were set in front of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1721 |
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