zamzawedadj.
/ˈzamzɔːd/, U.S. /ˈzæmˌzɔd/, /ˈzæmˌzɑd/ English regional (Devon). Now rare.
Of food or a meal: spoiled by overcooking; overdone. Also occasionally: undercooked; = sam-sodden n. at sam- prefix 2.Quot. 1743 apparently explains the word as a noun, but no other evidence for use as a noun has been found.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > overcooked or slightly burned
zamzawed1743
overdone1781
set-on1825
well-done1846
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > under- or lightly-cooked
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zamzawed1743
al dente1940
1743 E. Lye Junius's Etymologicum Anglicanum Zamzod, Devoniensibus est vocabulum satis notum. Iis designat..Cibum nimiâ coctione corruptum... Nam proprie significat Carnem semicoctam. [Translation: Zamzod is a word well known to the inhabitants of Devon. For them it means food spoilt by over-cooking. For it actually means half-cooked meat.]
a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 12 His met was zam-zaw'd and a bowl'd to jouds [i.e. rags].
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 85 Zamzod, zamzodden, any thing heated for a long time in a low heat so as to be in part spoiled, is said to be zamzodden.
1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve I. vii. 188 Supper won't be a minute afore it's in, and if it's put back now 'twill all be samsawed and not worth eatin'.
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 152 I bant agwaine [i.e. am not going] tü ayte this mayte..; tidden 'a'f cüked, 'tez beastly zamzawd trade.
1930 H. Williamson Village Bk. 66 As the supper was liable to be zamzawed, i.e. dried up, if kept longer in the oven, it was decided to begin under another Chairman.
1998 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 22 June 10 I well recall my mother telling us to..get home on time for dinner or ‘twill be zamzawed’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1743- out of a person's road
- out of a view to
- out of accord
- out of action
- out of alignment
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- out of belief