piccata

English

Etymology

From Italian piccata (“larded”), past participle of piccarsi (“prick oneself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈkɑːtə/

Adjective

piccata (not comparable)

1. Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
   • 1999, Tom Waits, Filipino Box Spring Hog:

     Rattle-snake piccata with grapes and figs, old Brown Betty with a yellow wig […]

Noun

piccata (plural piccatas)

1. A dish of food sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce; or an individual slice of such a dish.
   • 1990, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 23, number 5:

     Maybe you've been put off by all the syllables that hang around veal. The saltimboccas, parmigianas, piccatas and scaloppines. Well, it's a ruse. In fact, veal is very simple food.

   • 2021 September 16, Sarah Naftalis, “The Casino” (6:40 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Sean Rinaldi (Anthony Atamanuik):

     “(grunts) Frankie put glass in the piccata and the restaurant comped us, so we got all these chips. Let's hit the casino.” “All right.” “Come on, Nadia. Let's go watch this Rat Pack show with the girls.” “Did you say "the Rat Pack"?” “Yeah, they're good.” “They're here?” “Yeah, yeah, it's the Rat Pack.” “Chips ahoy!”

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pikˈka.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pic‧cà‧ta

Noun

piccata f (plural piccate)

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