Etymology

croquembouche

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Today it means: A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place. Full definition →

French croquembouche
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  1. French · borrowed fromcroquembouche
  2. English todaycroquembouche

Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.