dacquoise

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/dækˈwɑːz/

noun

A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.

OriginFrench dacquoise →
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Meanings

noundacquoise (countable and uncountable, plural dacquoises)

plural dacquoises

  1. countableuncountableA dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.

    Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote.

    2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)

Origin

  1. Frenchdacquoise
  2. Englishdacquoise

From French dacquoise, feminine of dacquois (“from the French town of Dax”), the origin of the dessert.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dacquoise

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Cite this entry
APA

dacquoise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacquoise

MLA

“dacquoise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacquoise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dacquoise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dacquoise.

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