† stuˈfataObs.rare—1. [Altered f.It.stufato, f.stufare to stew. Cf. stoffado.] Some kind of stew. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 11 Oct., He taught me..to cook several outlandish delicacies, such as ollas, pepper-pots, pillaws, corys, chabobs, and stufatas[many later edd. give stuffatas].