tortoni

[ tawr-toh-nee ]

/ tɔrˈtoʊ ni /

noun

ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.

biscuit tortoni.

Nearby words

Origin of tortoni

First recorded in 1940–45; said to be after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century

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Examples from the Web for tortoni

(You can get them that way at Tortoni's)—Write, if you please!
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
At precisely twelve o'clock I was at Tortoni's, and found my broker already expecting me.
Dr. Dumany's Wife|Mr Jkai
His mother, whose name was Tortoni, was the daughter of a plain Roman citizen.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851|Various
The Caf Procope was to men of intellect what some few years later Tortoni's was to men of fashion.
A Wanderer in Paris|E. V. Lucas

The coffee that was made was hardly such as one gets at Tortoni's, but it was refreshing, nevertheless.
Cape of Storms|Percival Pollard

British Dictionary definitions for tortoni

tortoni

/ (tɔːˈtəʊnɪ) /

noun

a rich ice cream often flavoured with sherry

Word Origin for tortoni

from Italian: probably from the name of a 19th-century Italian caterer in Paris

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