caviar

Meaning

Noun

Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.
Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste.

Origin

From French caviar, from Italian caviale or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار, from خایه (cognate with English egg). ajvar.

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