soufflé

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soufflé /ˈsuːfleɪ/
noun a light, spongy baked dish made typically by adding flavoured egg yolks to stiffly beaten egg whites.
– origin Fr., lit. ‘blown’, past part. of souffler (see souffle).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
souffle /ˈsuːf(ə)l/
noun Medicine a low murmur heard through a stethoscope.
– origin C19: from Fr., from souffler ‘to blow’, from L. sufflare.
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