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par⋅fait

  [pahr-fey]
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–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.
Origin:
1890–95; < F: lit., perfect < L perfectus. See perfect
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par·fait   (pär-fā')   
n.  

  1. A dessert made of cream, eggs, sugar, and flavoring frozen together and served in a tall glass.

  2. A dessert made of several layers of different flavors of ice cream or ices, variously garnished and served in a tall glass.


[French, from Old French, perfect, from Latin perfectus; see perfect.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

parfait 
"kind of frozen dessert," 1894, from Fr., lit. "perfect" (see perfect).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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