English Explanatory Dictionary

Neapolitan wafer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

Word forms

Neapolitan wafer Neapolitan wafers

Etymology

Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".

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