- a refreshing or being refreshed
- something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest
- [pl.] food or drink or both, esp. as a light meal
Origin of refreshment
Middle English refreshement from Middle French refreschementDelicious refreshments of tea and cakes.
An example of refreshment is having a cup of tea during a break at a conference.
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Origin of refreshment
Middle English refreshement from Middle French refreschement
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(plural refreshments)
Recorded since 1665; either directly or via refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern rafraîchir), itself from re- "again" + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris etc.)
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