orangette
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A candied orange peel, usually covered in dark or milk chocolate.
noun
An orange-haired person, especially a woman.
Example Sentences
- "Especially around the Christmas holidays, I often make candied orange, lemon, or grapefruit peels to give to friends. Sometimes I partially dip the candied orange peels, called orangette, into melted chocolate to serve as an after-dinner treat."
- "Orangettes are strips of candied orange. […] For an extra 8 calories per orangette, you could dip one half of the orangette in sugar and the other half in melted dark chocolate."
- "To ‘make’ plain chocolate, I recommend adding patchouli; for a ganache, a trace of civet; for ‘orangette’,⁷ orange zest; for an After Eight, spearmint; and for the smell of cocoa powder, concrete of iris."
- "I’d also bought a bag of chocolate-dipped orangettes from Chocolaterie Courtin, my favorite chocolate shop in the world."
- "Orangettes can be served as they are at this stage, or coated in chocolate. If you wish to make chocolate orangettes, break the chocolate into chunks and melt in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water."
- "One of the many treats you will always see in a French chocolatier is the beloved orangette, a candied orange peel that’s been dipped in dark or milk chocolate."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French