bellycheer

noun
/ˈbɛliˌt͡ʃɪə/UK/ˈbɛliˌt͡ʃɪɚ/US

Etymology

Uncertain, either borrowed from French belle chère or derived from belly + cheer; either way, see cheer.

Definitions

  1. Feasting.

    • He's now at supper with the scholars, where there's such belly-cheer as Wagner in his life ne'er saw the like: and, see where they come! belike the feast is ended.
    • and capable onely of loaves and belly-cheer!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bellycheer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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