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par·fait

   [pahr-fey]
noun
1.
a dessert of ice cream and fruit or ice cream and syrup in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream and served in a tall, narrow, short-stemmed glass.
2.
any frozen dessert in which fruit, nuts, etc., have been folded into whipped cream or egg custard.
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Origin:
1890–95; < French: literally, perfect < Latin perfectus. See perfect
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parfait (pɑːˈfeɪ)
 
—n
a rich frozen dessert made from eggs and cream with ice cream, fruit, etc
 
[from French: perfect]

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parfait
"kind of frozen dessert," 1894, from Fr., lit. "perfect" (see perfect).
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