n. 1. A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables. 2. A mixture of diverse elements. [French ragoût, from ragoûter, to revive the taste, from Old French ragouster : re-, re- + a-, to (from Latin ad-; see AD-) + gost, taste (from Latin gustus; see geus- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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