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profiterole

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pro⋅fit⋅er⋅ole

  [pruh-fit-uh-rohl]
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–noun
a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.
Origin:
1505–15; < F, said to be dim. of profit profit
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pro·fit·er·ole   (prə-fĭt'ə-rōl')   
n.  A small round cream puff.

[French, perhaps diminutive of profiter, to profit, from Old French, from profit, profit; see profit.]
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