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noun, plural scam·pi. Italian Cookery.
1.
a large shrimp or prawn.
2.
a dish of shrimp or prawns grilled or sautéed in oil or butter and garlic.
Origin:
1920–25; < Italian, plural of scampo
1920–25; < Italian, plural of scampo
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Scampi
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
scampi
1930, pl. of It. scampo "prawn," ult. from Gk. kampe "a bending, a winding," from PIE base *kamp- "to bend."
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