Amaretti


an italian liqueur with a slightly bitter almond flavor.
plural noun
italian almond biscuits
noun
an italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds

italian almond-flavored liqueur, 1945 (the original brand, amaretto di saronno, dates to 1851), from the italian word for almond (q.v.), which did not acquire the excrescent -l- of the english word. sometimes confused with amoretto. amoroso (literally “lover”), a type of sweetened sherry, is attested from c.1870.

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