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moreish
/ ˈɔːɪʃ /
adjective
- informal.(of food) causing a desire for more
these cakes are very moreish
Example Sentences
Dr Sharman's expert view, not dissimilar: "You get a really strong blast from the flavour. It is really delicious and very moreish," she beamed.
They are the bête noire of many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread.
Some recipe results were rather less than moreish.
This moreish beef dish uses a ready-made sauce and takes it up a notch with extra garlic and soy sauce.
No child was ever sad to see a box of moreish chocolate cornflake cakes.
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More About Moreish
doesmoreish mean?
Moreish is an informal word used to describe a food or drink that makes you want to have more of it.
Moreish is primarily British, and it’s relatively uncommon.
Example: These biscuits are so moreish—I can’t help but eat the whole bag in one sitting.
Where doesmoreish come from?
Although moreish sounds very much like modern slang, it’s actually recorded as far back as the 1690s, in a dictionary of English and Dutch (referring to pancakes, if you’re wondering). Its derivation is simple: more + the suffix -ish, which, among other things, can mean “addicted to” or “inclined or tending to” (as in bookish and freakish).
Moreish was spelled morish in most uses until quite recently. The current spelling gained prominence around the 1980s, about the same time the word itself started becoming more popular. Still, it is an uncommon word, used primarily by people in the U.K.
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How ismoreish used in real life?
Crisps, chips, biscuits, cakes—moreish is most often used with indulgent food that’s hard to stop eating.
Got leftover AND stuffing? Make our moreish croquettes for a snack
— olive magazine (@olivemagazine)
Planning on a Boxing Day shop? Break it up with a pit-stop at Grazing by Mark Greenaway.
With a relaxed ambiance, delicious dishes, and a moreish cocktail menu, we’re sorry in advance if a trip in makes you forget shopping all together.
— Grazing by Mark Greenaway (@GrazingByMG)
This year’s Christmas cake is (as always) magnificent, and dangerously moreish. I had a go at a white chocolate Rosie, to decorate. Here she is being trained by Santa, bur later she has run off to chase his reindeer. supplied the claret- thank you!
— Mike Shaw (@Boothamshaw)
Try usingmoreish!
Which of the following descriptions most closely describes a food that is moreish?
A. Tasty but very rich and filling
B. Delicious and hard to resist
C. A bit bland
D. Too spicy to eat
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