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French parfait en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) A frozen custard made with cream, and usually with a fruit puree.
   • Types vary from the classic crema and frutta to grattachecca (water ice), from semifreddo (a half-frozen sponge pudding, similar to French parfait in consistency) to granita (ice shavings flavoured with fruit syrups). 2015, Olivia Ercoli, Ros Belford, Roberta Mitchell, et al., “Where to Eat and Drink”, in Rome (Eyewitness Travel), London: Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 307, column 3:
   • French parfait suggests an air of sophistication, desirable. 1997, Ed Herring, “The Last Living Poet in America”, in Pruning to Shape: Poems […], San Franscisco, Calif.: Robert D. Reed Publishers, →ISBN, part III (Outside the Garden), canto I, page 122:

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