couscous

cous·cous

noun \ˈküs-ˌküs\

Definition of COUSCOUS

: a North African dish of steamed semolina usually served with meat or vegetables; also : the semolina itself

Origin of COUSCOUS

French couscous, couscoussou, from Arabic kuskus, kuskusū

First Known Use: 1738

Rhymes with COUSCOUS

Aarhus, abstruse, abuse, adduce, Atreus, blue spruce, burnoose, caboose, Cayuse, Cepheus, ceruse, charmeuse, chartreuse, Chartreuse, conduce, cut loose, deduce, diffuse, disuse, educe, effuse, excuse, fair use, footloose, hang loose, induce, Lanús, misuse, mongoose, Morpheus, negus, obtuse, Orpheus, papoose, Peleus, Perseus, prepuce, produce, profuse, Proteus, Purus, recluse, red spruce, reduce, refuse, retuse, reuse, Sanctus, seduce, slip noose, snow goose, Tereus, Theseus, traduce, transduce, turn loose, unloose, vamoose