Etymology

manicotti

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Today it means: Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven. Full definition →

Italian manicotti
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  1. Italian · borrowed frommanicotti“muffs”
  2. English todaymanicotti

From Italian manicotti (“muffs”), plural of manicotto (“muff”), from manica (“sleeve”) + -etto (“meliorative suffix”).

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