ragout

[ ra-goo ]

noun

1. French Cooking. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.

verb (used with object)

, ra·gouted [ra-, good], ra·gout·ing [ra-, goo, -ing].

1. to make into a ragout.

ragout

/ ræˈɡuː /

noun

1. a richly seasoned stew of meat or poultry and vegetables

verb

1. tr to make into a ragout

Word History and Origins

Origin of ragout¹

1650–60; < French ragoût, derivative of ragoûter to restore the appetite of, equivalent to r ( e ) - re- + á (< Latin ad to) + goût (< Latin gustus taste)

Word History and Origins

Origin of ragout¹

C17: from French, from ragoûter to stimulate the appetite again, from ra- re- + goûter from Latin gustāre to taste

Example Sentences

All of which makes this second memoir as rich as a mushroom ragout.

From Los Angeles Times

The mandate to still provide all the necessary details of the watch — a ragout of numbers, abbreviations and surnames — requires some contortions.

From Washington Post

At Kulture, Davis gives a rotating group of young Black chefs a place to iterate on classic dishes like oxtail ragout, fried fish fillets and johnnycakes.

From Seattle Times

It’s a long way from the early McCartney family experiments with vegetarian entrees like stuffed vegetables and murky ragouts, Ms. McCartney said.

From New York Times

There was a warm tart of creamy crab ragout spiced with ’nduja in a brik shell, but it somehow didn’t work as well as the Basque txangurro that seemed to inspire it.

From New York Times