hominy

American  

[hom-uh-nee] / ˈhɒm ə ni /

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.

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hominy British  

/ ˈhɒmɪnɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hominy

1620–30, 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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