protose
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A meat substitute made chiefly of wheat gluten and peanuts, popular in the early twentieth century.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Cut a can of protose lengthwise in two; put in a pan, fill one-fourth full with hot water, and bake one hour."
- "From the viewpoint of our low protein diet, gluten flour and protose are positively dangerous."
- "I see Prichard occasionally for lunch in a vegetarian restaurant…. The dishes have strange names, like those of some unknown religion; initiates think nothing at all of ordering ‘a protose of peppers’ [?] or ‘a nuttalene’ [?]. These names, smacking of organic chemistry, correspond to substances which pretend to be meat without being so […]"
Etymology
Coined by John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor, and used as a brand name by the Sanitas Nut Food Company, Battle Creek Foods, and Worthington Foods. Apparently from protein + -ose.