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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hom•i•ny /ˈhɑməni/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Foodhulled corn prepared by bleaching the whole kernels or by crushing and sifting.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hom•i•ny (hom′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - 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.)
- Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) uskatahomen, usketchamun a nominalized passive verb, verbal, literally, that which is treated (in the way specified by the unidentified initial element), here probably that which is ground or beaten
- 1620–30, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hominy /ˈhɒmɪnɪ/ n - chiefly US coarsely ground maize prepared as a food by boiling in milk or water
Etymology: 17th Century: probably of Algonquian origin |