rigatoni

From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/

rigatoni (usually uncountable, plural rigatonis) or rigatoni pl (normally plural, singular rigatone)

1. A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.
   • 1992, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Hideaway, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 316:

     I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead.

   • 1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 127:

     We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce.

   • 2016 July 28 – August 3, Lauren Mifsud, “Chicken riggies”, in The Hippo, volume 15, number 30, Manchester, N.H.: Hippo Press, page 47, column 2:

     The large rigatoni are perfect for sopping up the creamy sauce.

• ignorati, ratioing, rigation

Literally, an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).

• IPA^(key): /ri.ɡaˈto.ni/
• Rhymes: -oni
• Hyphenation: ri‧ga‧tó‧ni

rigatoni m

1. plural of rigatone
2. rigatoni

   Synonym: (Rome) maccheroni

• rigatoni in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ignorati, rigatino