Papillote Definition

päpē-yōt, păpē-

noun

A frilled paper cover used to decorate the bone end of a cooked chop or cutlet.

American Heritage

A heavy, greased or oiled paper in which food, esp. meat or fish, is wrapped, cooked, and served.

Webster's New World

(hair styling) A small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Papillote

Singular:

papillote

Plural:

papillotes

French from Old French ornament for the hair from feminine of papillot diminutive of papillon butterfly from Latin pāpiliō pāpiliōn- pavilion

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Borrowing from French papillote.

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