Etymology

stracciatella

strac·cia·tella
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Today it means: An Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring. Full definition →

Italian stracciatella
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  1. Italianstracciato
  2. Italianstracciatella
  3. English todaystracciatella

Borrowed from Italian stracciatella, from stracciare (“to rip, to tear up”), of ultimate Latin origin. For further information, see the Italian entry.

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