carpaccio
[kahr-pah-choh, ‐chee-oh]
- an appetizer of thinly sliced raw beef served with a vinaigrette or other piquant sauce.
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Origin of carpaccio
after V. Carpaccio; said to have been introduced under this name c1961 at Harry's Bar, a Venetian restaurant
Carpaccio
[kahr-paht-chaw]
- Vit·to·re [veet-taw-re] /vitˈtɔ rɛ/, c1450–1525, Venetian painter.
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Historical Examples
The double N puzzled me at first, but Carpaccio spells anyhow.
Hortus InclususJohn Ruskin
A morning with Tintoretto might well be followed by a morning with Carpaccio or Bellini.
New Italian sketchesJohn Addington Symonds
Pupil of Bellini and Carpaccio, he combined the qualities of both.
VeniceDorothy Menpes
It will be remembered that Carpaccio painted a very similar subject.
Bernardino LuiniJames Mason
Ruskin did but popularise Carpaccio, and buy and sell Turner.
The Life of James McNeill WhistlerElizabeth Robins Pennell
carpaccio
- an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish
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Word Origin
possibly after the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio (?1460–?1525)
Carpaccio
- Vittore (vitˈtoːre). ?1460–?1525, Italian painter of the Venetian school
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Word Origin and History for carpaccio
n.
raw meat or fish served as an appetizer, late 20c., from Italian, often connected to the name of Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460-1526) but without any plausible explanation except perhaps that his pictures often feature an orange-red hue reminiscent of some raw meat.
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