Definitions
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- noun A very hot type of
chilli fromBrazil , coloredred when it has matured.
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Examples
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a sharp sauce made of vinegar and _ "malagueta;" _ a dish of spiced herbs, and cold cake sprinkled with cinnamon, formed enough to tempt a poor monk reduced to the ordinary meager fare of his parish.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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I didn't love the shrimp Piri Piri, if only because the gravy didn't have quite the volume of malagueta chili spice I'd expect from such a famously hot dish.
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“malagueta;” a dish of spiced herbs, and cold cake sprinkled with cinnamon, formed enough to tempt a poor monk reduced to the ordinary meager fare of his parish.
chained_bear commented on the word malagueta
Usage/historical note on malagueta pepper.
October 9, 2017