Dictionary entry

Ragout

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ra‐gout″ (rȧ‐go͞o″), n. [F. ragoût, fr. ragoûter to restore one's appetite, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to + gustare to taste, gustus taste. See Gust relish.] A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.