See Also: syncopator(dictionary)

estouffade (iou) and syncopator (iou)


estouffade (iou)



estouffade noun. Pl. pronounced same. L19.
[French from Italian stuf(f)ata pa. pple of stufare to stew, from stufa stove from popular Latin, ult. from Greek tuphos smoke: cf. STEW verb.]
(A dish of) meat cooked very slowly in its own vapour.

syncopator (iou)



syncopator noun. E20.
[from SYNCOPATE + -OR.]
A person who performs syncopated jazz Music, usu. in a Dance band. Usu. in pl. in the name of a band.