cornmeal

[kawrn-meel] Origin

corn·meal

[kawrn-meel]
noun
1.
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
2.
Scot. oatmeal.

Origin:
1740–50; corn1 + meal2
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Cornmeal is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

cornmeal
1782, from corn + meal.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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