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rig⋅a⋅to⋅ni

  [rig-uh-toh-nee]
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–noun
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
Origin:
1925–30; < It (n. pl.), equiv. to rigat(o) furrowed, lined, striped (ptp. of rigare, deriv. of riga a line < Langobardic *rīga) + -oni pl. aug. suffix
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rig·a·to·ni   (rĭg'ə-tō'nē)   
n.  Pasta in ribbed, slightly curved, large-sized tubes.

[Italian, from rigato, past participle of rigare, to draw a line, from riga, line, of Germanic origin.]
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rigatoni 
"short, hollow, fluted tubes of pasta," 1930, from It., pl. of rigato, pp. of rigare "to draw a line, to make fluting."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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