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English
Etymology
From Italian #Italian|piccata ‘larded’, past participle of piccarsi ‘prick oneself’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pɪˈkɑ:tə/

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. 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

Noun
it-noun|piccat|f|a|e

1. prick (act of pricking)
2. a dish of escalope of veal fried in butter with parsley and lemon

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• 2007-09-12 12:41 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[it:piccata]]

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