grits

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noun(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. Also called hominy grits . (especially in Southern cooking) coarsely ground hominy, or white corn, boiled to a thick consistency and then sometimes fried, eaten as a breakfast dish or as a side dish with meat.: Compare polenta.

  2. grain hulled and coarsely ground.

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Origin of grits

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English grut(t)a, gryttes (plural) “coarse meal, bran,” Old English gryt(t) “dust, meal”; cognate with German Grütze

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British Dictionary definitions for grits

grits

/ (ɡrɪts) /


pl n
  1. hulled and coarsely ground grain

Origin of grits

1
Old English grytt; related to Old High German gruzzi; see great, grit

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