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nougat

[noo-guh t, noo-gah]
noun
  1. a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
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Origin of nougat

1820–30; < French < Provençal ≪ Vulgar Latin *nucātum, noun use of neuter of *nucātus, equivalent to Latin nuc- (stem of nux) nut + -ātus -ate1
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Examples from the Web for nougat

Historical Examples

  • He bit too hastily at the nougat, and it stuck to his plate.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.

    John Galsworthy

  • There will be nougat and sweet cakes, and a chocolate cream.

  • I should think it would be worse than eating a pound of nougat every day.

    A Dixie School Girl

    Gabrielle E. Jackson

  • She called for a quantity of meringues and nougat, and finished by a glass of wine.

    Jack

    Alphonse Daudet

  • Then he purchased two sticks of nougat and with it drank two bottles of ginger-beer.

    Just William

    Richmal Crompton

British Dictionary definitions for nougat

nougat

noun
  1. a hard chewy pink or white sweet containing chopped nuts, cherries, etc
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Word Origin

C19: via French from Provençal nogat, from noga nut, from Latin nux nut
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Word Origin and History for nougat

n.

"sweetmeat of almonds and other nuts," 1827, from French nougat (18c.), from Provençal nougat "cake made with almonds," from Old Provençal nogat "nutcake," from noga, nuga "nut," from Vulgar Latin *nucatum (nominative *nuca), from Latin nux (genitive nucis) "nut," from PIE *kneu- "nut" (see nucleus).

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