‖ ordinaire, n.
(ɔrdinɛr)
[Fr.]
Short for vin ordinaire. Also as adj.
| 1861 Thackeray Round. Papers xiv, in Cornh. Mag. July 123 A sound genuine ordinaire, at 18s. per doz. let us say. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere II. iii. xxii. 215 He ate his boiled mutton and drank his ordinaire like a man. 1906 Daily Chron. 24 July 6/5 What is ‘ordinaire’ as applied to wine?.. That is a local term which has existed for two centuries in France. 1920 [see bourgeois a. 4]. 1936 H. G. Wells Croquet Player ii. 11 He..ordered another half litre of wine. Either out of ignorance or preference he was drinking red ordinaire. 1959 Good Food Guide 32 Spanish ordinaires at 1/6 a glass. 1960 House & Garden July 13/1 Two decent, slightly better than ordinaire wines. 1972 Ibid. Feb. 100/4 Roodeberg is an honest wine, distinctly better than an ordinaire. |