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noun

Mousse n.

(Cookery) A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before not during the freezing process.

Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture; as, a salmon mousse.

A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair.

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Etymology of 'Mousse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mousse" Quotes from Famous Books

... A mousse is a parfait frozen to the centre. These mixtures are not smooth like ice cream, but are frozen in crystals and to be exactly correct, should ...

— Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with - Refreshments for all Social Affairs • Mrs. S. T. Rorer

... nids sont beaux Ovrage de commune, ovrage de nul. Oy, voi, et te tais, si tu veux vivre en paix. Rouge visage et grosse panche, ne sont signes de penitence. A celuy qui a son paste an four, on peut donner de son tourteau. Au serviteur le morceau d'honneur. Pierre qui se remue n'accuille point de mousse Necessite fait trotter la vieille. Nourriture passe nature. La mort n'espargne ny Roy ny Roc. En mangeant l' appetit vient. Table sans sel, bouche sans salive Les maladyes vient a cheval, et s'en returne a pieds. Tenez chauds le pied et la teste, an demeurant vivez ...

— Bacon is Shake-Speare • Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence

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