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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A square doughnut with no hole.
  • noun A fritter.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fritter composed of various ingredients.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling)
  • noun US A Louisiana style fried donut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, fritter, from Old French, from diminutive of beigne, bump, lump, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh bôn, stump, base.]

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From Louisiana French beignet, from Middle French bignet, from Old French bignet ("fried dough enveloping a food substance"), a diminutive of Old French bigne, bugne, buyne ("lump, swelling"), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“lump, bump, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Old High German bungo ("swelling, tuber"; > German Bunge), Dutch bonk ("lump, clump"), Gothic  (buggja, "tuber, swelling"). Related to bun, bunk, bunch, bunion. Also connected to Gaulish *bunia and Gaelic bonnach "cake, biscuit."

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Examples

  • Well, a little powdered sugar on some fried dough, you've got what they call a beignet in New Orleans.

    CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2005 2005

  • But what was more disheartening than watching a defense that a lot of people, myself included, believed had shown signs of evolving into a championship caliber unit, be picked apart like a beignet was the Patriots downright un-Patriotic play in all three phrases of the game, from poor throws to busted coverages to missed field goals.

    Boston.com Most Popular 2009

  • There's a tiny lump of foie on the inside of this sweet beignet which is pate a choux dough, deep-fried, right?

    Day 78: Hors D'oeuvres Extravaganza Vanessa 2007

  •   A beignet is a kind of fried French-style doughnut. "

    Taste of New Orleans Returns 2010

  • That’s called a beignet — great with an iced cafe au lait when you’re hammered after a night in the French Quarter. steve duncan Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The View From Your Breakfast 2007

  • Servings of the mocha beignet ($10) and the Earl Grey crème brûlée with lemon-lime sorbet ($10) are small enough to not invoke too much guilt.

    French Accents Monica Williams 2011

  • Chuckling, he polished off his beignet and brushed sugar from his hands.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Breaking off a couple of pieces from the beignet, he tossed them in front of the optimistic pigeons.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Chuckling, he polished off his beignet and brushed sugar from his hands.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Breaking off a couple of pieces from the beignet, he tossed them in front of the optimistic pigeons.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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