cuisine
(kwiːˈziːn)
[F. cuisine kitchen, = Pr. cozina, It. cucina:—L. coquīna, cocīna, f. coquĕre to cook.]
Kitchen; culinary department or establishment; manner or style of cooking; kitchen arrangements.
| [a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 32 One messe grosse de kusyn.] 1786 H. More Florio 657 (Stanford) Great Goddess of the French Cuisine. 1817 Keatinge Trav. I. 204 Fish and fowls, highly seasoned, according to the Moorish cuisine, with saffron. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. ix. 956 Those innocent arts of the cuisine, which render food pleasant. |
Hence cuiˈsinic a. nonce-wd., pertaining to the cuisine; cuiˈsinier [F.], a (French) cook.
| 1848 Fraser's Mag. XXXVIII. 134 With his cuisinic knowledge he has so annoyed the members. 1859 Lang Wand. India 23 Amongst the most skilful of cuisiniers. |