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anchovied

anchovied adjective: topped with or accompanied by anchovies.

Adjective

anchovied (comparative more anchovied, superlative most anchovied)

  1. Topped with or accompanied by anchovies.
    • In about an hour and a half the talk is brought to an end; but our hospitable bursar will give us coffee and anchovied toast in his room, where the interrupted threads of conversation are resumed, and the commenced arguments are fought out.1872 January, F. Arnold, “The Piccadilly Papers”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XXI, number CXXI, London: […], section...
    • Paul (Angostura) Pepe says the Jet Set has a new passion, a dance called “the Frug,” with cheese and anchovied pizzas to nibble on between flings, and plenty of Bitterspritzers.1964 July 26, Jack Kofoed, “Amusements: Jack Kofoed’s Column: How Palance Was Convinced”, in The Miami Herald, 54th year, number 238, page 9-C, column 2

Examples of anchovied in a sentence

  • […] while Max and Madeleine float backwards and forwards from the kitchen into the yard, bringing bowls of Ritz biscuits, peanuts and anchovied eggs to accompany their drinks.2002, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Shagpile, Flame, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 233:
  • The bacon is real, and nicely crisp, the parmesan is freshly grated, the greens are bouncy and tossed with a well-lemoned and -anchovied dressing.2008 May 11, Anne DesBrisay, Ottawa Citizen, page A12:
  • Mustardy green beans with anchovied walnuts from “Nothing Fancy” by Alison Roman — This is maybe my new favorite way to prepare pole beans, whether green, purple or yellow.2020 August 12, Lindsay Christians, “A distanced dinner party, nostalgic nachos”, in The Cap Times, page 22:
  • We had the kale Caesar instead (good call, carbs-wise; crisp and lemony and anchovied just enough).2021 March 24, Murray Whyte, “Three places we supported this week”, in The Boston Globe, volume 299, number 83, section “Short & Main”...

Forms of anchovied

comparativemore anchovied
superlativemost anchovied

Origin of anchovied

From anchovy + -ed.

Questions about anchovied

What does anchovied mean?
Anchovied means topped with or accompanied by anchovies.
How do you use anchovied in a sentence?
[…] while Max and Madeleine float backwards and forwards from the kitchen into the yard, bringing bowls of Ritz biscuits, peanuts and anchovied eggs to accompany their drinks.
What part of speech is anchovied?
Anchovied is an adjective.

Words near anchovied in the dictionary

  1. anchoveta
  2. anchovetas
  3. anchovetta
  4. anchovettas
  5. anchovette
  6. anchovied
  7. anchovies
  8. anchovy
  9. anchovy paste
  10. anchovy pear
  11. anchovy pears

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