lagniappe
Plural: lagniappes
Noun
- a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
- An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.
Origin / Etymology
From Cajun French lagniappe, from Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa (“small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer”), from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase, supplement; lagniappe”), yapay (“to add, to increase”).
Scrabble Score: 14
lagniappe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlagniappe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lagniappe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
lagniappe: valid Words With Friends Word