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noun
- 1. a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin.
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1. : a fancy dish : delicacy. 2. : trinket, gewgaw. Did you know? Kickshaw began its career in the late 16th century as a borrowing from the French quelque chose - literally, "something." In line with the French pronunciation of the day, the "l" was dropped and the word was anglicized as "kickshaws" or "kickshoes."
Kickshaw definition: a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.. See examples of KICKSHAW used in a sentence.
Jun 17, 2024 · 2 meanings: 1. a valueless trinket 2. archaic a small elaborate or exotic delicacy.... Click for more definitions.
Define kickshaw. kickshaw synonyms, kickshaw pronunciation, kickshaw translation, English dictionary definition of kickshaw. n. 1. A fancy food; a delicacy. 2. A trinket; a gewgaw. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton...
/ˌkɪkˈʃɔ/ IPA guide. Other forms: kickshaws. Definitions of kickshaw. noun. something considered choice to eat. synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, treat. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Kickshaw." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/kickshaw. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024. Copy citation.
Kickshaw was a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century term for any dainty or elaborate dish characteristic of high-falutin ‘foreign’ cuisine (as opposed to solid English fare). It is an anglicization of French quel-quechose, ‘something’.
Kickshaw definition: A fancy food; a delicacy.
kickshaw (plural kickshaws) A dainty or delicacy . c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare , “ The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ …
noun Something fantastical or uncommon; something trifling, not otherwise named or described, or that has no particular name. noun A light, unsubstantial dish, or kind of food. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun See kickshaws, the correct singular.
kick•shaw (kik′ shô′), n. Food a tidbit or delicacy, esp. one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre. something showy but without value; trinket; trifle. French quelque chose something (by folk etymology, etymological) back formation from kickshaws 1590–1600.
