CAVIARE

caviar, caviare

(noun) salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d’oeuvre

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

caviare (countable and uncountable, plural caviares)

Alternative spelling of caviar

Anagrams

• avarice

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*viare", Cav"i*ar, n. Etym: [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havi\'ber.]

Definition: The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.

Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the general," i. e., above the taste of the common people.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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