anchovied

English edit

Etymology edit

From anchovy +‎ -ed.

Adjective edit

anchovied (comparative more anchovied, superlative most anchovied)

Topped with or accompanied by anchovies.
- 1872 January, F. Arnold, “The Piccadilly Papers”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XXI, number CXXI, London: […], section “In an Oxford Common Room”, page 92, column 2:
  In about an hour and a half the talk is brought to an end; but our hospitable bursar will give us coffee and anchovied toast in his room, where the interrupted threads of conversation are resumed, and the commenced arguments are fought out.
- 1964 July 26, Jack Kofoed, “Amusements: Jack Kofoed’s Column: How Palance Was Convinced”, in The Miami Herald, 54th year, number 238, page 9-C, column 2:
  Paul (Angostura) Pepe says the Jet Set has a new passion, a dance called “the Frug,” with cheese and anchovied pizzas to nibble on between flings, and plenty of Bitterspritzers.
- 2002, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Shagpile, Flame, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 233:
  […] while Max and Madeleine float backwards and forwards from the kitchen into the yard, bringing bowls of Ritz biscuits, peanuts and anchovied eggs to accompany their drinks.
- 2008 May 11, Anne DesBrisay, Ottawa Citizen, page A12:
  The bacon is real, and nicely crisp, the parmesan is freshly grated, the greens are bouncy and tossed with a well-lemoned and -anchovied dressing.
- 2009 February 20, Elisa Ung, “Eating Out: The Stable in Ridgewood: A menu made up of myriad meats”, in The Record, page 16:
  A dinner-plate-sized Caesar salad ($6.95), tossed with lots of creamy anchovied dressing, and exceptionally creamy homemade mozzarella ($7.95, unfortunately with wan tomatoes) were two appetizers I would have been generally pleased with in an Italian restaurant.
- 2019 August 10, Joanna Fox, “Are we having fun?”, in Montreal Gazette, page B2, column 2:
  The zucchini was sliced in half and baked so that it was watery and tasteless, suffocated by a thick layer of heavily anchovied Caesar dressing and covered in a confusing chunky bread crumble, along with chives.
- 2020 August 12, Lindsay Christians, “A distanced dinner party, nostalgic nachos”, in The Cap Times, page 22:
  Mustardy green beans with anchovied walnuts from “Nothing Fancy” by Alison Roman — This is maybe my new favorite way to prepare pole beans, whether green, purple or yellow.
- 2021 March 24, Murray Whyte, “Three places we supported this week”, in The Boston Globe, volume 299, number 83, section “Short & Main”, page G4, column 5:
  We had the kale Caesar instead (good call, carbs-wise; crisp and lemony and anchovied just enough).