delicatessen

Meanings

Noun

ready-to-eat food products
a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

Origin / Etymology

First attested 1864. From German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), at the time also spelt Delicatesse(n), from French délicatesse, from délicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”).
The sense of store is much more recent, originating in ellipsis from the common attributive use, as in delicatessen shop, delicatessen store, etc.

Synonyms

deli, delicatessen food, food shop

Scrabble Score: 15

delicatessen is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 18

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