piccata
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian piccata ‘larded’, past participle of piccarsi ‘prick oneself’.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
piccata (not comparable)
- Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
- 1999: Rattle-snake piccata with grapes and figs, old Brown Betty with a yellow wig — Tom Waits, ‘Filipino Box Spring Hog’
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
piccata f (plural piccate)