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pudding

noun
/ˈpʊdɪŋ/US/ˈpɵdɪŋ/

Etymology

From circa 1305, Middle English podynge (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddynge, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”), from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of boudin. * An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), Old English puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout.

  1. derived from *put-✻
  2. derived from botellus — “sausage, small intestine”
  3. derived from boudin — “blood sausage, black pudding”
  4. inherited from podynge — “kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”

Definitions

  1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.

    • The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.

  2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

    • Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.

  3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of…

    A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Dessert

      Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

      • We have apple pie for pudding today.

    2. A sausage made primarily from blood.

    3. An overweight person.

    4. A term of endearment.

      • "How is my little pudding?" Jehan nuzzles up to me and rests his little head on my shoulder, still chuckling […]

    5. Entrails.

      • I pray God he may recover, though there is little hopes; as there is of Coll Halley, being shott throw the body; and of Capt. Urquhart of Burdyeyeards, being wounded in the belly, after being made prisoner, soe that his puddings hang out.
      • PUDDINGS, the guts; I'll let out your puddings.

    6. Any food or victuals.

      • Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.

    7. A piece of good fortune.

The neighborhood

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