Thursday, 13 November 2014

Kickshaw

Word of the Day for Thursday 13th November 2014


Kickshaw \KIK-shaw\
Noun
1. A tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
2. Something showy but without value; trinket; trifle.
Quotes
When a stale cold fool is well heated, and hashed by a satirical cook, he may be tossed up into a kickshaw not disagreeable.
-- Alexander Pope (1688–1744), Letter to Mr. Caryll, The Works of Alexander Pope: Volume VIII, 1824
Origin
Kickshaw comes from an English pronunciation of quelque chose meaning "something" or "a little something." It entered English in the late 1500’s.

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