Hominy Definition

hŏmə-nē
noun
Dry corn (maize) with the hull and germ removed and often coarsely ground (hominy grits): it is boiled for food.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hominy

Noun

Singular:
hominy
Plural:
hominies

Origin of Hominy

  • First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"). Probably from uskatahomen, or from appuminnéonash ("parched corn"). Alternatively, perhaps a short form of rockahominy, from Powhatan rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for Virginia Algonquian uskatahomen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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