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Synonyms for ragout

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ra-goo
Phonetic Transcription : ræˈgu

Définition of ragout

Origin :
  • "highly seasoned meat and vegetable stew," 1650s, from French ragoût (mid-17c.), from Middle French ragoûter "awaken the appetite," from Old French re- "back" (see re-) + à "to" + goût "taste," from Latin gustum (nominative gustus); see gusto.
  • noun stew
Example sentences :
  • Encircle this ragout with the fried cutlets, and crown with a cauliflower.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • It was some sort of a ragout, he knew, and he lusted for it.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • Odors of highly seasoned macaroni and ragout steamed from them.
  • Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter
  • A ragout was served before Formosanta, which her father was very fond of.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire's Romances » by Franois-Marie Arouet
  • Either smothered in onions or in a ragout they are excellent.
  • Extract from : « Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris » by Henry Labouchre
  • I have had some ragout veal, and I mean to have some haricot mutton to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters » by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
  • In a similar way may be made currie (powder), ragout (spice), and several other similar wines used in the kitchen.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • I can most solemnly assert that I never wish to taste a better dinner than a joint of a donkey or a ragout of cat—experto crede.
  • Extract from : « Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris » by Henry Labouchre
  • Haricot, har′i-ko, -kot, n. a kind of ragout or stew of mutton and beans or other vegetables: the kidney-bean or French bean.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • Such as chose stew or ragout, ate it from a wooden bowl, scooping up the mess in their bare hands.
  • Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne

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