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torte

[tawrt; Ger. tawr-tuh]
–noun, plural tortes [tawrts] , German. tor⋅ten [tawr-tn] .
a rich cake, esp. one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.

Origin:
1955–60; < G < It torta < LL (Vulgate) tōrta (panis) round loaf (of bread), prob. fem. of L tortus twisted (see tort ), with VL lengthening of o (cf. F tourte)
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torte   (tôrt, tôr'tə)   
n.  A rich cake made with many eggs and little flour and usually containing chopped nuts.

[German, perhaps from Italian torta, cake, tart, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.]
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