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Frascati

American  
[frah-skah-tee] / frɑˈskɑ ti /

noun

  1. a fruity white wine from Rome.


Frascati British  
/ fræˈskɑːtɪ /

noun

  1. a dry or semisweet white wine from the Lazio region of Italy

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Etymology

Origin of Frascati

First recorded in 1930–35; after Frascati, city in central Italy

Example Sentences

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Spencer, 30, and Lewis, 60, got married Saturday during a lavish black-tie ceremony at Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati.

From Fox News • Jul. 28, 2021

Frascati is a popular white wine made in the vicinity of Rome, most often with an eye toward quantity rather than quality.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2020

An 1807 etching of the Parisian Café Frascati holds an early clue.

From Time • Apr. 12, 2016

Impressive in his two bumpers last season and an undoubtedly classy prospect, he returned home with a temperature after finishing second to Frascati Park on his hurdling debut at Ascot in November.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2011

On the way he found out a serious typographical error, which he took so much to heart that he was seized with an apoplectic fit at Frascati and died on the spot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various