What does "quiche" mean?

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

What is a synonym for "quiche"?

Common synonyms include: baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair, cream puff, danish pastry, dowdy.

Quiche

//kiːʃ// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust. countable, uncountable
2
the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche wordnet
3
a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables) wordnet
4
a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala wordnet

Adjective

1
Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring. slang
"I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche."

Synonyms

All synonyms

baklava blintz chocolate eclair cream puff danish pastry dowdy

Example

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"If you're hungry, there's some quiche in the fridge."

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".

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