choice
adjective/tʃɔɪs/
/tʃɔɪs/
(comparative choicer, superlative choicest)
[only before noun]- (especially of food) of very good quality
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- (North American English) (of meat) of very good, but not the highest, quality
- choice words, phrases, etc. (humorous) rude language that is used deliberately to have an effect
- She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases.
- He used some pretty choice language.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chois, from choisir ‘choose’, of Germanic origin and related to choose.
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