caviar

Etymology

From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar.

noun

  1. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
  2. (figurative) Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste.

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