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avgolemono

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av⋅go⋅lem⋅o⋅no

  [ahv-goh-lem-uh-noh; Gk. ahv-gaw-le-maw-naw]
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–noun Greek Cookery.
a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.
Origin:
1960–65; ModGk augolémono, equiv. to augó, abgó egg (pron. avγó), classical Gk tò ōión the egg, pl. tà ōiá (cf. oo- ), altered by fusion of article and noun, v and γ filling vocalic hiatus, merger of sing. and pl. forms, and separation of the article as t’ + -lemono var. (in compounds) of lemóni lemon < It limone ≪ Pers; see lemon
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Main Entry:  avgolemono
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a Greek chicken-stock soup with egg yolks, lemon, and sometimes rice
Etymology:  Greek for 'egg-lemon soup'
Usage:  cooking
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