buttery

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  2. noun a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
  3. adjective unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

Etymology

From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pantry, larder

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