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aperitive

adj

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.

  1. derived from aperio
  2. derived from apertivus
  3. borrowed from aperitivus

Definitions

  1. Tending to open the bowels

    Tending to open the bowels; aperient.

  2. Serving as an apéritif

    Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.

    • She was looking, while so occupied, at the German group engaged in the garden, near by, with aperitive beer and disputation....

  3. Synonym of aperient.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA