Frangipani Definition

frănjə-pănē, -pänē
frangipanis
noun
frangipanis
Any of a genus (Plumeria) of tropical American shrubs and trees of the dogbane family, with large, funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; specif., a small tree (P. rubra) with fragrant, reddish flowers that are used, in Hawaii, to make leis.
Webster's New World
A perfume obtained from, or scented like, such flowers.
Webster's New World
A custard dessert or a custard filling for cakes and tarts, usually flavored with ground almonds.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Frangipani

Noun

Singular:
frangipani
Plural:
frangipanis

Origin of Frangipani

  • From an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess who invented a plumeria-scented perfume. The name comes from frangi "breaking" + pani "bread," a reference to the family's distribution of bread in time of famine.

    From Wiktionary

  • French frangipane after Muzio Frangipani , 16th-century Italian marquis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Frangipani Sentence Examples

  • The site also sells the Plumeria Collection, which features gold jewelry with the beautiful plumeria, or frangipani, flower.

  • In 1279 Pope Nicholas sent his nephew, the friar preacher Latino Frangipani Malabranca, whom he had created cardinal bishop of Ostia the same year, to reconcile the parties in Florence once more.

  • Moving back in history the almond-flavoured confectioner's custard known as Frangipani gets its name from Muzio Frangipani, a sixteenth century Italian marquis.

  • He at once excommunicated Henry and the antipope and, under Norman protection, was able to return to Rome in July; but the disturbances of the imperialist party, especially of the Frangipani, who attacked the pope while celebrating mass in the church of St Prassede, compelled Gelasius to go once more into exile.

  • The medieval castle of the Frangipani, in which Conradin of Swabia vainly sought refuge after the battle of Tagliacozza in 1268, is built upon the foundations of a very large villa, of opus reticulatum with later additions in brickwork, and with a small harbour attached to it on the south-east.

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