hominy

[ hom-uh-nee ]

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.

hominy

/ ˈhɒmɪnɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hominy¹

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hominy¹

C17: probably of Algonquian origin

Example Sentences

Others might be baking brussel sprouts, mashing potatoes or even stirring very buttery hominy.

From Salon

In this case, we are referring to dough made from freshly ground nixtamalized corn or hominy.

From Salon

The story is after all set in the fictional Cob County, where the locals, long isolated from the rest of the world by a wall of “cornrows,” live in the perfect “hominy” of entrenched dopiness.

From New York Times

The savory, rich stock teems with fatty hunks of pork shoulder and buttery white hominy beneath a slick of oil stained red from dried chiles.

From Salon

The key here is the interplay between the broth and the hominy and pieces of fork-tender pork submerged in the liquid.

From Washington Post