pea soup

noun

Etymology

From pea + soup. Doublet of pisupo.

  1. derived from *supô
  2. derived from suppa
  3. derived from soupe
  4. inherited from soupe
  5. compounded as pea soup — “pea + soup

Definitions

  1. A thick soup made with dried peas (often split peas) and various other ingredients.

  2. A French or French Canadian person.

  3. Thick fog.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A greyish green or dull chartreuse colour, like the colour of pea soup.

    2. Of the color of pea soup (greyish green or dull chartreuse).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA