kumiss

or kou·mis, kou·miss, kou·myss

[ koo-mis ]

noun

1. fermented mare's or camel's milk, used as a beverage by Asian nomads.
2. a similar drink prepared from other milk, especially that of the cow, and used for dietetic and medicinal purposes.

kumiss

/ ˈkuːmɪs /

noun

1. a drink made from fermented mare's or other milk, drunk by certain Asian tribes, esp in Russia or used for dietetic and medicinal purposes

Word History and Origins

Origin of kumiss¹

1590–1600; < Russian kumys < Turkic kιmιz

Word History and Origins

Origin of kumiss¹

C17: from Russian kumys, from Kazan Tatar kumyz

Example Sentences

For a long time I got no better, especially as we had to spend the summer on the Samara steppes in very inconvenient surroundings and living on kumiss, which I could not drink.

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Young chicks who have lost their mothers by death, and whose fathers are of a shiftless and improvident nature, may be fed on kumiss, two parts; moxie, eight parts; distilled water, ten parts.

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Their universal kumiss, corresponding to the Turkish yaourt, or coagulated milk, and other forms of lacteal dishes, sometimes mixed with meal, form the chief diet of the poor.

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Ignatius Donnelly took a powerful dose of kumiss, and under its maddening influence sought to solve the great problem which threatened to engulf the national surplus.

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He also decided not to tell Lorenzo that in private Baibars enjoyed the Tartar drink kumiss, made from the fermented milk of mares.

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