picnic

picnic
\ \ [18] Picnic was borrowed from French piquenique, a word which seems to have originated around the end of the 17th century. It is not clear where it came from, but one theory is that it was based on the verb piquerpick, peck’ (source of English pick), with the rhyming nique perhaps added in half reminiscence of the obsolete niquetrifle’. Originally the word denoted a sort of party to which everyone brought along some food; the notion of an ‘outdoor meal’ did not emerge until the 19th century.

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  • picnic — [pik′nik] n. [Fr pique nique, prob. < piquer, to pick + nique, a trifle < OFr niquier, to nod] 1. a pleasure outing at which a meal is eaten outdoors ☆ 2. a shoulder cut of pork, cured like ham: see PORK, also picnic ham or picnic shoulder… …   English World dictionary

  • Picnic — Pic nic, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Picnicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Picnicking}.] To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • picnic — /pikˈnik, ingl. pɪkˈnɪk/ [vc. ingl. picnic, dal fr. piquenique, comp. di piquer «rubacchiare», e nique «cosa di nessun valore»] s. m. inv. 1. colazione, merenda, merendina, spuntino 2. (est.) scampagnata, gita …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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  • Picnic — Pic nic, n. [Cf. F. piquenique. See {Pick}, v., and cf. {Knickknack}.] Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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