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4 letters · 5 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
originAttested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0