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dacquoise.

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

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

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Where this word comes from

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

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