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Dessert comes from a French word meaning what?

dessert

[dih-zurt] / dɪˈzɜrt /


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"That hedonic drive can override signals of fullness, making us want to snack or eat a dessert even though we're full."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ideally after lunch, I’ll get dessert at Humphrey Yogart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

While the other judges sometimes treat dessert as something illicit, Lawson’s unabashed enthusiasm for baked goods is a welcome change.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Small enough to be a single-sized dessert, these bakery-style squares have a brown-sugar base, chewy edges and a buttery center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But a few minutes later, the waitress comes back out holding an ice cream cake, plus a stack of dessert plates.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

These ingredients frequently appear in ultra-processed products, including diet sodas, flavored waters, energy drinks, yogurt and low-calorie desserts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The findings suggest that a compound commonly associated with desserts and sweet fragrances could eventually contribute to an entirely different field: helping scientists develop better ways to protect damaged tissue and support healing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

I missed the creative process and dreaming-up desserts seemed like the perfect outlet.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

As part of the new framework, sweet desserts, like cake, will be reduced from a regular lunch offer to twice a week in secondary schools, and once a week in primary schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Now she’d have to pretend she was all filled up on tomato water while everyone else ordered $50 desserts and ate them around her.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon


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