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noun, plural flans 
[flanz, flahnz; for 2 also Fr. flahn] ; Spanish fla·nes [flah-nes] for 1.
[flanz, flahnz; for 2 also Fr. flahn] ; Spanish fla·nes [flah-nes] for 1. 1.
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
2.
an open, tartlike pastry, the shell of which is baked in a bottomless band of metal (flan ring) on a baking sheet, removed from the ring and filled with custard, cream, fruit, etc.
3.
a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin, but not yet stamped by the die.
4.
the metal of which a coin is made, as distinct from its design.
Origin:
1840–50; < French; Old French flaon < Late Latin fladōn-, stem of fladō < Germanic; compare Old High German flado (German Fladen) flat cake
1840–50; < French; Old French flaon < Late Latin fladōn-, stem of fladō < Germanic; compare Old High German flado (German Fladen) flat cake
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Flan
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
flan
"open tart," 1846, from Fr. flan "custard tart, cheesecake," from O.Fr. flaon, from M.L. flado, a Gmc. borrowing, from P.Gmc. *fladu- (cf. Frank. *flado, O.H.G. flado "offering cake," M.H.G. vlade "a broad, thin cake," Du. vla "baked custard"), akin to words for flat (q.v.),
EXPANDprobably from PIE base *pele- "spread out, broad, flat" (see plane (1)).
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