cappuccino

[kap-oo-chee-noh, kah-poo-; It. kahp-poot-chee-naw] Origin

cap·puc·ci·no

[kap-oo-chee-noh, kah-poo-; It. kahp-poot-chee-naw]
noun
a hot beverage consisting of espresso coffee and steamed milk, often served with powdered cinnamon and topped with whipped cream.

Origin:
1945–50; < Italian: literally, Capuchin, so called from a fancied resemblance of the drink's color to the color of a Capuchin habit
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cappuccino (ˌkæpʊˈtʃiːnəʊ)
 
n , pl -nos
coffee with steamed milk, sometimes served with whipped cream or sprinkled with powdered chocolate
 
[Italian: capuchin]

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cappuccino
1948, from It. Capuchin in allusion to the beverage's color and its supposed resemblance to that of the brown hoods of the Friars Minor Capuchins (see Capuchin).
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