A small, sweet biscuit or cookie, often with a light, crispy texture.
Diminutive form of 'biscuit' with the French suffix '-in,' meaning a small version of something. This reflects the Romance language tradition of using suffixes to indicate size.
The suffix '-in' literally means 'little' in Romance languages, so when you say 'biscotin' you're saying 'little biscuit'—it's the same linguistic pattern that gives us 'napkin' (little nappe/tablecloth) in English.
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