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12 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun ready-to-eat food products
noun a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
originFirst attested 1864. From German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), at the time also spelt Delicatesse(n), from French délicatesse, from délicat (“fine”), from Latin delicatus (“alluring”). The sense of store is much more recent, originating in ellipsis from the common attributive use, as in delicatessen shop, delicatessen store, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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