pemmican
English
WOTD – 23 January 2007
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimîhkân, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”)+-ihkân (“hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛmɪkən/
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Noun
pemmican (usually uncountable, plural pemmicans)
- A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties. [from 18th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 239:
- I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 239:
- (now rare) A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words. [from 19th c.]
Translations
food mixture
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