frangipane

[ fran-juh-peyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

frangipane

/ ˈfrændʒɪˌpeɪn /

1. a pastry filled with cream and flavoured with almonds
2. a rich cake mixture containing ground almonds
See frangipani
a variant of frangipani

1670–80; < French < Italian. See frangipani

The same cake may be filled with a frangipane, and prepared as the above for the rest.

A superb and subtle chord floated about him; it was composed of vervain, opoponax, and frangipane.

Niccolo Frangipane is supposed to have been a Paduan, though his birthplace is disputed, and he is not mentioned by Ridolfi.

Here, too, we have the odorous frangipane, the flower which Columbus found in such abundance on first landing in Cuba.

The flowers are used in perfumery, and furnish the scent known as Frangipane or Frangipani.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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