English Explanatory Dictionary

rockahominy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Parched cornmeal.

Word forms

rockahominy

Etymology

From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian") rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), listed in William Strachey's vocabulary of Powhatan. Compare hominy.

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