▪ I. croissant
(krwasɑ̃)
[Fr. (see crescent n.).]
= crescent n. 6.
| 1899 W. C. Morrow Bohem. Paris 139 The odor of hot rolls and croissants. 1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances i. §2 Foaming coffee and milk, the crusty roll, the little tender croissant. 1958 X. Fielding Corsair Country 96 We're having coffee and croissants in the sort of square you would come across in any of the larger French Mediterranean seaports. 1970 New Yorker 6 June 64/2 Resident jockeys..were being offered..the French racing papers, with their coffee and croissants. |
▪ II. croissant
earlier form of crescent.