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Definition of "beignet" [beignet]

  • Southern Louisiana A square doughnut with no hole: "a New Orleans coffeehouse selling beignets, an insidious Louisianian cousin of the doughnut that exists to get powdered sugar on your face” ( Los Angeles Times). (noun)
  • Southern Louisiana A fritter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "beignet" in a sentence
  • "Well, a little powdered sugar on some fried dough, you've got what they call a beignet in New Orleans."
  • "But what was more disheartening than watching a defense that a lot of people, myself included, believed had shown signs of evolving into a championship caliber unit, be picked apart like a beignet was the Patriots downright un-Patriotic play in all three phrases of the game, from poor throws to busted coverages to missed field goals."
  • "There's a tiny lump of foie on the inside of this sweet beignet which is pate a choux dough, deep-fried, right?"
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