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napped (2)

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napped2 /napt /
▸ adjective (of food) served in a sauce or other liquid:
mushrooms napped with melted butter.
– ORIGIN 1970s: from French napper ‘coat with (a sauce)’, from nappe ‘cloth’, figuratively ‘pool of liquid’, + -ed2.
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