demitasseful

English edit

Etymology edit

From demitasse +‎ -ful.

Noun edit

demitasseful (plural demitassefuls)

(rare) The amount that a demitasse will hold.
- 1941 February 19, Edwin Cox, “Private Lives”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 57, number 237, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Pittsburgh Press Co., page thirty-six:
  AIRPLANE DESIGNER IGOR SIKORSKY IS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST COFFEE FANS. HE DRINKS IT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY BUT ONLY IN TINY DEMI-TASSE-FULS.
- 1959, “Bonwit Teller”, in Town & Country, volume 113, page 106:
  Delectable summer drinks can be made with Medaglia d’Oro espresso coffee. One demitasseful combines deliciously with ginger ale in a tall, ice-filled glass.
- 1973, Henry McNulty, “The bold approach to sherry drinking”, in House & Garden, volume 144, page 140, columns 3–4:
  Allow it to burn a minute, then pour in 5 demitassefuls double-strength black coffee, ladle into demitasses for drinking.
- 1994 May 12, S. Morton Zweig, “[Dining à la Heart: Jillian’s is naughty — and nice — to diet conscious] The Doctor orders…”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., page D2, column 3:
  Drawn to the Umido Di Pesce, an Italian version of Bouillabaisse, low-fat seafood coup, I followed my friend John’s suggestion and asked for a preliminary taste, startling the waiter, who nevertheless complied with a demitasseful.
- 2002, Judy Rodgers, “Stocks & the Sauces They Make Possible”, in The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes & Cooking Lessons from San Francisco’s Beloved Restaurant, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 54:
  The next morning, I noticed she dumped a demitasseful of sel de mer into that day’s broth just as she lit the flame.
- 2003, Michelle Huneven, Jamesland, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 290:
  “What’s cooking?” she asked. / Lifting a lid, he revealed tiny braising limbs. “Haunch of Thumper,” he said. “With papardelle and cavalo nero—this black Tuscan cabbage. But first fava bean and parsley soup—just a demitasseful, with foamed milk. […]”
- 2005 November 6, Lydia Martin, “Casa Conspicuous: Camera-happy tourists still strike poses on the steps of Versace’s South Beach mansion. For $40,000, you can pose inside.”, in Shelley Acoca, editor, The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., page 1M:
  It’s late. So late you have lost track of the hour. You have dined extravagantly, tasted coffee that costs $50 for half a demitasseful (after all, it comes from the rear end of an Indonesian marsupial).