Etymology
Origin of aperitive
1575–85; < Medieval Latin aperitīvus, variant of Late Latin apertīvus, equivalent to Latin apert- ( see aperture) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Greenbar Craft Distillery's Grand Poppy organic aperitive was inspired by hikes in Griffith Park and created with local, organic ingredients that pay homage to Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015
But experience is a fine aperitive to the mind.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
The aperitive virtue of a key, the attractive virtue of a hook.
From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise
Before serving dinner he placed upon the table, in the guise of an aperitive, a fat-bellied bottle of native wine, a nectar from the slopes of Vesuvius with a slight taste of sulphur.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
He discussed the "efficacy" of millepedes, which he found to be "very diuretical and aperitive."
From Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 by Bodemer, Charles W.
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