petit souper

noun

A light supper; (especially), an informal dinner party with only a few select guests.

OriginFrench petit souper →
First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounpetit souper (plural petits soupers)

plural petits soupers

  1. A light supper; (especially), an informal dinner party with only a few select guests.First known use 18th c.

    She had given a card-assembly, and a petit-souper; […] Mrs. Chartres told her son, with an air of triumph, that the evening had gone off remarkably well.

    1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 104

Origin

  1. Frenchpetit souper
  2. Englishpetit souper

From French petit souper.

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