English Explanatory Dictionary

aperitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to open the bowels; aperient.
  2. Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
  1. Synonym of aperient.

Word forms

aperitive more aperitive most aperitive aperitives

Etymology

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

Synonyms

aperient
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