gnocchi
[nok-ee, noh-kee; Italian nyawk-kee]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Italian Cookery.
a dish of little dumplings made from potatoes, semolina, flour, or a combination of these ingredients.
RELATED WORDS
tortellini, ravioli, macaroni, spaghetti, linguine, fettuccini, rigatoni, shells, vermicelli, ziti, lasagna, manicotti, orzo
Origin of gnocchi
1890–95; < Italian, plural of gnocco, orig. Upper Italian (Veneto), perhaps cognate with Tuscan nocca, nocco knuckle < Langobardic *knohha joint; see knuckle
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Historical Examples of gnocchi
And we are going to have gnocchi done in a special way with cheese.
December LoveRobert Hichens
The gnocchi and the olives must certainly have disagreed with me.
Post-Prandial PhilosophyGrant Allen
Pasticcio di Maccheroni is an excellent macaroni pie, and Gnocchi di Patele are little knobs of paste boiled like macaroni.
The Gourmet's Guide to EuropeAlgernon Bastard
Then drop the gnocchi one by one into boiling salted water and boil for ten minutes.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste:Mrs. W. G. Waters
gnocchi
pl n
Word Origin for gnocchi
Italian, plural of gnocco lump, probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German knoche bone
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