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prettygoodwordpiquette (PEE-ket, PEH-ket) - n., a beverage made by steeping the pomace of grapes (the solids after being pressed) in water, which is then fermented.
It's a thin, poor-quality wine substitute, not made much anymore in part because of quality but also EU regulations require that it not be sold but instead distilled into pomace brandy. In French, it also generically can mean any poor-quality wine, especially one that has been adulterated. From French, from piquer, to prick/sting/bite (the tongue).
And that's the week of food-related words -- regular mix next week again.
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It's a thin, poor-quality wine substitute, not made much anymore in part because of quality but also EU regulations require that it not be sold but instead distilled into pomace brandy. In French, it also generically can mean any poor-quality wine, especially one that has been adulterated. From French, from piquer, to prick/sting/bite (the tongue).
And that's the week of food-related words -- regular mix next week again.
---L.
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Date: 2014-05-02 08:34 pm (UTC)I think it would be possible to make good piquette, with adequate care. Traditionally it is not something anyone much cared about whether it was good or not, thus the bad reputation.
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Date: 2014-05-03 12:08 am (UTC)---L.