Definitions
Etymologies
- From the Italian (Wiktionary)
- Italian, pl. of mostacciolo, cake, bun, from Latin mustāceum, cake made with must, from mustum, must; see must3. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Substitute another pasta, such as penne or mostaccioli, if you prefer.”
“It's going to take a whole lot more than mostaccioli to fix these problems.”
Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli
“Every event that happened on our street was commemorated over a pot of mostaccioli, made by the neighborhood matriarch, Marge.”
Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli
“Scappi gives a recipe for Milanese mostaccioli, which are about the size of two fingers, and are flavored with aniseed and a grain or two of musk—a highly exotic ingredient.”
“But opted for the mostaccioli side, with his wonderful Alfredo sauce.”
“We met for a gorgeous mostaccioli lunch once a week at the same restaurant (I don't know if the attraction was the pasta or the buxom waitress).”
“Signora Mameli would be creating plump marrons glaces; Signora Bernasconi making her signature pistachio torrone; and the somewhat ancient Signora Valzani, her mouth-watering mostaccioli alla Romana - all amidst a vociferous reprise of the year's more personal events.”
“The mostaccioli dinner will be held at the St. Joseph Hall, 1145 Aspen Road.”
“Honey glazed ham, sirloin of beef, chicken, mostaccioli; sides include sweet potatoes, corn, green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy, tossed garden salad or creamy coleslaw and chunky fruit salad and chocolate mousse.”
“Among the changes: The fish fry now is also served on Wednesdays; lasagna and ravioli are off the menu, but mostaccioli and meatballs have been added.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mostaccioli’.
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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...trofie, torchio, sorprese lisce, strozzapreti, sorprese, rotini, ricciutelle, ricciolini, rotelle, radiatori, pipe, orecchiette 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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Phrases to sort of qualify statements...
The little phrases that signify that your words might not necessarily say exactly what you want to express.
sort of, kind of, as it were, if i may so speak, tanquam, if i may so say, if i may be so bold, if i may use the ..., as ’twere, with respect, if i might add, and so forth and 46 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 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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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 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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jerin's Words
ululating, puddle, whorl, huzzah, maharaja, mostaccioli, elizabethan, cat, felicitous, dystopian, larynx, pop and 35 more...
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maccheroni
fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle, fiori, fusilli, rotelle, conchiglie, farfalle, orecchiette, gigli, gemelli, gnocchi and 27 more...
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Use Your Noodle
I love pasta, in all its numerous forms.
spaghetti, ravioli, mostaccioli, tortellini, vermicelli, lo mein, ramen, ziti, lasagna, linguine, fettuccine, macaroni and 5 more...
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2009 Spelling Bee words I actually re...
anodyne, kibbutzim, turgescent, ocarina, hepatomegaly, parnassian, scherzo, mostaccioli, fanfaronade, deprecatory, demesne, ptolemy and 19 more...
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Pastas I have loved
Just because I love them, doesn't mean I've tried them--though I aspire to. I love all pasta on principle. I'm about 70% pasta by weight.
Most of these were thieved from--where else--Wik...gramigna, fioriettini, fiorentine, farfallone, creste di galli, cencioni, cechetti, cavatelli, campanelle, spaghetti, vermicelli, spaghettoni and 88 more...
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Italian
piccolo, toccata, piccata, staccato, stucco, saltimbocca, mostaccioli, capriccioso, fantoccini, carpaccio, gnocchi, zucchini and 5 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mostaccioli.
fbharjo a must at most atleast Aug 26, 2011