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carpaccio

[kahr-pah-choh, ‐chee-oh]
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noun
  1. 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]
noun
  1. 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 Inclusus

    John Ruskin

  • A morning with Tintoretto might well be followed by a morning with Carpaccio or Bellini.

    New Italian sketches

    John Addington Symonds

  • Pupil of Bellini and Carpaccio, he combined the qualities of both.

    Venice

    Dorothy Menpes

  • It will be remembered that Carpaccio painted a very similar subject.

    Bernardino Luini

    James Mason

  • Ruskin did but popularise Carpaccio, and buy and sell Turner.

    The Life of James McNeill Whistler

    Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for carpaccio

carpaccio

noun plural -os
  1. 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

noun
  1. 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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