bisque

Meanings

Noun

• A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
• A pale pinkish brown colour.
• A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.
• An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.

Adjective

• Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

Verb

• To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.

Origin

• Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.
• Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca ("gambling house, gambling den").