gnocchi

[nok-ee, noh-kee; Italian nyawk-kee]

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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.

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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Related Words for gnocchi

tortellini, ravioli, macaroni, spaghetti, linguine, gnocchi, fettuccini, rigatoni, shells, vermicelli, ziti, lasagna, manicotti, orzo

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Historical Examples of gnocchi

And we are going to have gnocchi done in a special way with cheese.
December Love
Robert Hichens
The gnocchi and the olives must certainly have disagreed with me.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
Grant 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 Europe
Algernon 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

British Dictionary definitions for gnocchi

gnocchi

pl n

dumplings made of pieces of semolina pasta, or sometimes potato, used to garnish soup or served alone with sauce

Word Origin for gnocchi

Italian, plural of gnocco lump, probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German knoche bone

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Word Origin and History for gnocchi

1891, from Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco, from nocchio "a knot in wood," perhaps from a Germanic source akin to knuckle. So called for their shape.