hominy
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen,[1] appuminnéonash (“parched corn”),[2][3] and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”),[4] the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈhɒmɪni/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Homophone: harmony (god-guard merger and weak vowel merger)
Noun[edit]
hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies)
- A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
- Synonym: nixtamal
- 1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
- Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a food made from hulled maize
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References[edit]
- ^ Angus Stevenson, editor (2010), “hominy”, in Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press
- ^ John Ayto, editor (2002), “hominy”, in An A-Z of Food and Drink, Oxford university Press
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hominy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ listed in William Strachey's vocabulary of Powhatan
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