hors d'oeuvre

Meaning

Noun

  • A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
  • Anything of secondary concern; not the primary thing.
  • Something unusual or extraordinary.

Related

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Origin

  • Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.

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