stifado

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noun

A Greek stew, typically made from rabbit meat, tomatoes, small onions and herbs.

OriginGreek στιφάδο ← Venetan stufado ← Latin extufare →
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Meanings

nounstifado (countable and uncountable, plural stifados)

plural stifados

  1. countableuncountableA Greek stew, typically made from rabbit meat, tomatoes, small onions and herbs.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτύφος“steam”
  2. Latinextufare
  3. Venetanstufado
  4. Greekστιφάδο
  5. Englishstifado

From Greek στιφάδο (stifádo), from Venetan stufado, from Latin extufare, from Ancient Greek τύφος (túphos, “steam”). Compare Italian stufato, French estouffade. Doublet of estouffade.

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Chicago

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