Etymology

orecchiette

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Today it means: A type of pasta, made with the thumb from a small disk, typically from Puglia. Full definition →

Italian orecchiette
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromorecchiette
  2. English todayorecchiette

Borrowed from Italian orecchiette (literally “little ears”).

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