hominy

[ hom-uh-nee ]
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noun
  1. whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy )or by crushing and sifting(pearl hominy ).

Origin of hominy

1
1620–30, Americanism; origin uncertain; from Virginia Algonquian (English spelling) uskatahomen, usketchamun a nominalized passive verb, literally, “that which is treated (in the way specified by the unidentified initial element),” here probably “that which is ground or beaten”

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British Dictionary definitions for hominy

hominy

/ (ˈhɒmɪnɪ) /


noun
  1. mainly US coarsely ground maize prepared as a food by boiling in milk or water

Origin of hominy

1
C17: probably of Algonquian origin

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