Muse-bouche

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of amuse-bouche. alt-of, alternative

    "We were served with two muse bouches which really set the scene for what was to come."

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preappetizer

Example

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"We were served with two muse bouches which really set the scene for what was to come."

Etymology

Rebracketing of amuse-bouche as a *muse-bouche, otherwise a rebracketing of l'amuse-bouche as la *muse-bouche (compare the similarly-construed derivation of ammunition from French la munition).

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