ragout
[ ra-goo ]
/ ræˈgu /
noun
French Cookery.
a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
verb (used with object), ra·gouted [ra-good] /ræˈgud/, ra·gout·ing [ra-goo-ing] /ræˈgu ɪŋ/.
to make into a ragout.
Origin of ragout
1650–60; < French
ragoût, derivative of
ragoûter to restore the appetite of, equivalent to
r(e)-
re- +
á (< Latin
ad to) +
goût (< Latin
gustus taste)
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ragtag,
ragtag and bobtail
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British Dictionary definitions for ragout
ragout
/ (ræˈɡuː) /
noun
a richly seasoned stew of meat or poultry and vegetables
verb -gouts (-ˈɡuːz), -gouting (-ˈɡuːɪŋ) or -gouted (-ˈɡuːd)
(tr)
to make into a ragout
Word Origin for ragout
C17: from French, from
ragoûter to stimulate the appetite again, from
ra-
re- +
goûter from Latin
gustāre to taste