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Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bescuit m (plural bescuits)
- biscuit (twice cooked bread), a biscotte, a rusk
- biscuit (cookie), cookie
- Synonym: galeta
- sponge cake
- Synonym: pa de pessic
- cold porcelain (twice baked porcelain without glazing)
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”).
Noun
bescuit oblique singular, m (oblique plural bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative singular bescuiz or bescuitz, nominative plural bescuit)
- biscuit (twice cooked bread)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bescuit, supplement)