haggis
Meanings
Plural: haggises
Noun
- made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
- 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.
- plural of haggi (“one who has participated in a hajj”) (alternative spelling of hajjis).
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 11
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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