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aperitif /əˈpɛrɪtiːf / /əˌpɛrɪˈtiːf /nounAn alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite.I like to have two types of bubbles to hand at Christmas: a cheapie for Buck's fizz and impromptu parties and a decent Champagne to drink as an aperitif before lunch....- It is a very dry wine best drunk as an aperitif, and served slightly chilled.
- Whiskey, aperitifs and wine were on hand, with some local beer thrown in for good measure.
Origin Late 19th century: from French apéritif, from medieval Latin aperitivus, based on Latin aperire 'to open'. Rhymes beef, belief, brief, chief, enfeoff, fief, grief, interleaf, leaf, Leif, lief, Mazar-e-Sharif, misbelief, motif, naif, O'Keeffe, reef, seif, Sharif, sheaf, shereef, sportif, Tenerife, thief |