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spu⋅mo⋅ne

[spuh-moh-nee, -ney; It. spoo-maw-ne]
–noun
an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
Also, spu⋅mo⋅ni [spuh-moh-nee] .


Origin:
1920–25; < It, equiv. to spum(a) spume + -one aug. suffix
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spu·mo·ni or spu·mo·ne   (spŏŏ-mō'nē)   
n.  An Italian ice cream having layers of different colors or flavors and often containing fruits and nuts.

[Italian, augmentative of spuma, foam, from Latin spūma.]
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spumoni 
kind of ice cream dessert, 1929, from It. spumone (sing.), spumoni (pl.), from spuma "foam," from L. spuma.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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