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malfatti

malfatti noun: a type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi.

Noun

malfatti pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi
    • No need to explain where the lamb went or to shape your malfatti to look like hens' eggs.2009 January 11, Amanda Hesser, “1971: Mrs. Sebastiani’s Malfatti”, in New York Times

Origin of malfatti

From the Italian malfatti.

Phrases with malfatti

Questions about malfatti

What does malfatti mean?
Malfatti means a type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi.
What part of speech is malfatti?
Malfatti is a noun.

Words near malfatti in the dictionary

  1. maleylations
  2. maleylpyruvate
  3. maleylpyruvates
  4. maleylsulfathiazole
  5. Maleys
  6. malfatti
  7. Malfatti circle
  8. Malfatti circles
  9. Malfatti's problem
  10. malfeasance
  11. malfeasances

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