Cannoli
/kəˈnoʊli/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert. in-plural
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
- 2 plural of cannolo form-of, plural
Example
More examples"Cannoli are Italian pastries from Sicily."
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cannoli (plural of cannolo) or Sicilian cannoli (plural of cannolu); see there for more.