pudding

English

/ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/

noun
Definitions
  • Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
  • A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
  • A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
  • (UK) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
  • (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
  • (slang) An overweight person.
  • (slang) Entrails.
  • (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
  • (archaic) A piece of good fortune.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English poding (kind of sausage, meat-filled animal stomach) derived from Old French boudin (blood sausage, black pudding) derived from Proto-Germanic *put-.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*put-

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