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caviar

noun
/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.

  1. derived from خَاوْیَار
  2. derived from خاویار
  3. derived from caviaro
  4. borrowed from caviar

Definitions

  1. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

  2. Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

The neighborhood

Derived

beluga caviar, black caviar, Carolina caviar, caviarlike, caviar spoon, caviar to the general, cowboy caviar, gauche caviar, green caviar, poor man's caviar, red caviar, salmon caviar, Texas caviar, Yorkshire caviar

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