Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Plural of gemellus.
Examples
“Used by the Greeks, Romans, and those in late Middle Ages, gimmel stems from the word gemelli, meaning "twins.”
“Another winner and gemelli is one of my favorite pasta shapes, I like the thickness and the way it holds sauce.”
“Use it: Tossed with a short twisted pasta like gemelli”
“Perche 'gli inglesi portano i gemelli?" it begins.”
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“I didn't have enough of any one pasta on hand so this was made with a mix of elbows & gemelli.”
“And gemelli with three ps is gepmelplip, which is more than a mouthful.”
“Eros et anteros gemelli Veneris, amatio et redamatio.”
“E, come avrete già intuito, Michel Gondry è protagonista dello spot, insieme ai suoi gemelli treddì e stopanimati.”
“The muscles of the hip and thigh alter in consequence of the changed relations; the gemelli, obturators, and piriformis are lengthened, the adductors, hamstrings, and ilio-psoas are shortened, while the glutei and quadriceps are but little altered.”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
“Note relation of neck of femur to tendons of obturator internus and gemelli”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gemelli’.
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The Pasta Master
My favourite is potato
gnocchi,interesting that lists
devoted to pasta exclusively
missed pasta puttanesca,those who
really textually mine dictionaries
would not miss...manicotti, spaggers, stelline, spaghettini, spag, linguine, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, mezzani, zita, spaghetti and 391 more...
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Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!
Who knew unleavened dough and homey Italian know-how could taste so good?
...and look so great!ziti, vermicelli, tubetti, troffiette, tripolini, trennette, trenne, tortiglioni, tortelloni, tortellini, torchio, tonnarelli and 104 more...
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Pasta la Vista
Because John's and colleen's and Lampbane's lists are their own, and they're such pasta hogs I have to make sure I get some for myself. :)
Includes noodles and other noodle-based items...zituane, rotini, rigati, marziani, salamini, fagioletti, eliche grandi, eliche, elefante, rotellini, rotelli, ziti and 296 more...
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My Favorite Types of Pasta
A selection of the creative and interesting types of pasta, for all WORDIE users to enjoy!
linguine, fusilli, cannelloni, capelli d'angelo, farfalle, capellini, cavatappi, conchiglie, acomo pepe, fettucine, lasagne, gemelli and 25 more...
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maccheroni
fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle, fiori, fusilli, rotelle, conchiglie, farfalle, orecchiette, gigli, gemelli, gnocchi and 27 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus Yes you're right, sorry, that was almost tautological to me being Italian :-) (I didn't realize you don't call them Twins!) Apr 3, 2008
bilby Also Italian for the astrological sign known as Gemini in English. Apr 3, 2008
Prolagus Isn't it funny that in Italian gemelli (lit. twins) also means cuff links? Apr 3, 2008