Haggis
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky. countable, uncountable
"HAGGESS, haggas, or haggis, ſort d'appret fait avec des herbes, du larde caupé menu, des épices, des œufs, & du fromage, le tout mis enſemble & bouilli dans une panſe de brebis."
- 2 plural of haggi (“one who has participated in a hajj”) (alternative spelling of hajjis). form-of, plural
- 3 made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach wordnet
- 1 A surname.
"Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture."
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More examples"Should you go to Scotland, would you please bring me back a wild haggis? Thank you."
Etymology
From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”).
From haggi + -s.
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