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profiterole

[pruh-fit-uh-rohl]
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noun
  1. a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.
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Origin of profiterole

1505–15; < French, said to be diminutive of profit profit
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British Dictionary definitions for profiterole

profiterole

noun
  1. a small case of choux pastry with a sweet or savoury filling
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Word Origin

C16: from French, literally: a small profit, (related to the gifts, etc, given to a servant), from profiter to profit
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