Definitions
Etymologies
- From Italian cannoli, little tubes. (Wiktionary)
- Italian, pl. of cannolo, tube, diminutive of canna, reed, from Latin; see cane. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“End your evening with one of seven homemade desserts: the raspberries with zabaglione are a sinfully rich concoction, while the cannoli is a creamy masterpiece.”
“Holy cannoli, which is sort of anaculturalistic yes!”
“Cassata cake, sometimes called cannoli cake in the U.S., combines layers of sponge cake with a chocolate - and fruit-studded filling, all covered with a thick frosting and garnished with candy or fruit.”
“the cupcake icings feel like filled with artificial coloring. the cannoli is the pits. bread pudding at times nice. all in all mediocre overly sweetened type of things with the Jewel or walgreen type of quality.”
“The Calendar features a different flavor of custard, such as cannoli and coffee and donuts, each day of the week.”
“As dad was a Southern-spawned, agnostic Baptist brought up on grits and chicken fried steak, his stomach was naturally adverse to the vendors offers of spicy sausages stuffed into a roll with onions and pepper, cannoli, (the fried cake tubes bursting with marsala custard), Zeppole (golf ball sized rounds of fried dough filled with jam) and other joys of Sicilian festival cooking.”
“It's easy for Rosario to remember exactly when the Ditmars Boulevard pastry shop began serving Astorians cannoli filled with ricotta cream, pignoli tarts, sfogliatelle, marzipan fruits and cassetta cake along with a little slice of old-world Italy.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Born Baker
“He spent his free time at LaGuli, doing tasks like filling the chocolate-coated cannoli.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Born Baker
“Senator: (Tugging at his waist) And I thought it was the cannoli.”
“People remember their first cannoli encounter as vividly as their first kiss," said Brielle Dahan.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cannoli’.
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• Iroquoisy
Isn't it? (See definition on iroquoisy.)
iroquoisy, iroquois, fruit bat, coccyx, heiligenschein, homesick, schadenfreude, awooga, tralatition, pessary, Kateri Tekakwitha, Cilicia and 28 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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i_am_scifi's Words
asshat, charlatan, podcast, geek, amazonian, parlez, defile, menagerie, perplex, gotham, metropolis, ghoul and 131 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Poetrie: Appeal to the Grammarians
Oh yes. Yes indeed.
Appeal to the Grammarians
by Paul Violi
We, the naturally hopeful,
Need a simple sign
For the myriad ways we're capsized.
We wh...sneeze, veer, cannoli, espresso, odyssey, outset, pocket, underfoot, dumb, limp, inverted, incredulity and 10 more...
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foods and spices
ratatouille, lemon chiffon, mocha, frappuccino, cocoa, croissant, oregano, coriander, tortellini, edamame, marzipan, cannoli and 32 more...
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Things that Roll, Things One Rolls, o...
alabama, jordan, burrito, wheel, tootsie, onion, kaiser, fat, sushi, california, stones, joint and 47 more...
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my words
words that I especially like, for whatever reason
infiltrate, confuzzle, deoxyribonucleic ..., inarticulate, literate, loquacious, incinerate, campfire, asanine, lunacy, inferior, qwerty and 67 more...
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Edible
sashimi, tiramisu, quenepa, lychee, dulce de leche, flan, buffalo wings, sorbet, pasteles, sherbet, turducken, mochi and 79 more...
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Christmas Cookies
Here's a batch of Christmas cookies I cooked up for all of you on Wordie. Cheers.
chocolate rum balls, peanut blossoms, thumbprint, sugar cookies, toll house cookies, oatmeal cookie, meringue, peppermint, almond-filled cre..., shortbread, macaroons, biscotti and 22 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cannoli.
reesetee I've met both several times, and I'm perfectly willing to share.
A little. Oct 1, 2009
chained_bear Not only have I not met the right cannoli, I have never met the right tiramisu.
Let the horrified shouting begin. Oct 1, 2009
reesetee Well, under the circumstances.... But have you considered that maybe you just haven't met the right cannoli? Oct 1, 2009
chained_bear Umm... because it's ... barfy?
Cannoli. Not freedom. Sep 30, 2009
reesetee TSE: Many apologies--but I got here first. ;->
CB: How can you not like cannoli? Why do you hate freedom? Sep 30, 2009
thesaraheffect I read that "one spaghettio" and got excited. Mmm, spaghettios and cannoli...or maybe just one cannolo, I don't want to overdo it. Sep 26, 2009
hernesheir Could I have one spaghetto, and one gnoccho please, to go? I'm in a hurry - have to go hear a performance of my favorite fun song, One Meatball. Follow the link and read the amusing lyrics - imagining the tune somewhat like that of The Cat Came Back (the very next day). Sep 24, 2009
chained_bear Ooh! Ooh! Go add it to Iroquoisy! Sep 24, 2009
bilby If you look up cannolo on Wikiwhupper it redirects to cannoli. Which I did today, coincidentally, and it had nothing to do with this page. Fancy that. Sep 24, 2009
chained_bear In my experience, in English it's cannoli, even though it's really plural. Just as in English, one wouldn't say gnocco (more's the pity!). But maybe that's just me.
I imagine Fat Clemenza, the character in "The Godfather," might have used it correctly (in the plural), however, as he probably grew up speaking Italian as well as English. Sep 24, 2009
Prolagus Chained_bear, is the word cannoli singular in English? In Italian it's the plural of cannolo. (Cf. discussion on spaghetti alla bolognese.) Sep 24, 2009
chained_bear I would've left the cannoli and taken the gun. Or at least left the cannoli. I've never understood why people think cannoli is so good... Maybe I've never had the right kind, or something. Sep 24, 2009
thesaraheffect reesetee: I came here for no other reason than to show off my knowledge of Godfather phrasology. I'm deflated. Sep 24, 2009
reesetee And this classic: "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." Feb 12, 2008
john Mmm... cannoli. Also an ingredient in various euphemisms, such as holy cannoli and hide the cannoli. Feb 12, 2008
treeseed Cannoli are Sicilian pastry desserts. The singular is cannolo, meaning “little tube�?, with the etymology stemming from the Latin "canna", or reed. Cannoli originated in Sicily and are an essential part of Sicilian cuisine. They are also popular in Italian American cuisine.
Cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta cheese (or alternatively, but less traditionally, sweetened blended with some combination of vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, Marsala wine, rosewater or other flavorings.
The versions Americans are most familiar with tend to involve variations on the original concept. This is possibly due to adaptations made by Italians who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1900s and discovered limited availability of certain ingredients. The cannoli sold in Italian-American bakeries today usually still contain ricotta, but mascarpone is a less common alternative. Sometimes the filling is a simple custard of sugar, milk, and cornstarch. In either case, the cream is often flavored with vanilla or orange flower water and a light amount of cinnamon. Chopped pistachios, semi-sweet chocolate bits, and candied citrus peel or cherries are often still included, dotting the open ends of the pastry. Chocolate sprinkles are sometimes used as a garnish for cannoli in the United States.
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Feb 12, 2008