zabaglione

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Definition

  1. noun light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

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Synonyms

sabayon

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