ESCARGOT

escargot, snail

(noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

escargot (countable and uncountable, plural escargots)

(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.

(countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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