n. pl. é·touf·fées (-fā) A spicy Cajun stew of vegetables and seafood, especially crayfish or shrimp. [Louisiana French, from French (à l')étouffée, stewed, alteration (influenced by étouffer, to smother) of étuvée, past participle of étuver, to stew, from Old French estuver; see STEW.] |
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