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bescuit

bescuit

Old French

Noun

bescuit m ‎(oblique plural bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative singular bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative plural bescuit)

  1. biscuit (twice cooked bread)

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bescuit, supplement)

Etymology

Masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- ‎(“twice”) (Latin bis) + cuire ‎(“to bake; to cook”).

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