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Eating, but with cutlery, pretense, and a 20% tip on top.
means The act of eating a meal in a formal or sit-down way, usually at a table, with courses and manners attached.
from From Old French 'disner,' meaning to eat, which traces back through Vulgar Latin to roots meaning to break one's fast — the same basic idea behind the modern word 'dinner.' The word originally just meant the day's main meal, before English speakers dressed it up into something you could do with a napkin on your lap.
- same root
- dine and breakfast share a Latin ancestor
- fine dining
- term dates only to mid-20th century marketing
- etiquette rule
- forks moved to left hand because of knives