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courgetti

noun

Etymology

Blend of courgette + spaghetti.

  1. derived from σφάκος — “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”
  2. derived from spagus — “twine”
  3. borrowed from spaghetti
  4. compounded as courgetti — “courgette + spaghetti”

Definitions

  1. Courgettes cut into thin spaghetti-like strands, often as a substitute for spaghetti.

    • ‘Courgetti’ can be made with other vegetables, such as sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, squash and beetroot, and a mix of different vegetables together looks wonderful.
    • Eating a bowl of courgetti instead of spaghetti is about as appealing to me as eating a sponge. I do not get a kick out of that. And don’t get me started with the raw-avocado-matcha-quinoa brownies... just have a brownie and enjoy it!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for courgetti. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA