Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spotted dick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: spot-ted dick
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These English aristos will eat spotted dick in August and demand strawberries in January. Why not give them what they want? Take their shekels, my son, praising Allah, is my philosophy."

Etymology

Spotted refers to the dried fruits (that resemble spots). Dick is a dialectal term for "pudding". It may be related to dough, duff (meaning "dough" or "pudding") and Old English dāg (“dough”). Alternatively, it may be a corruption/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: dāg, dick

Usage

Inflected Forms

spotted dicks (plural)

Questions

What does spotted dick mean?: A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
Where does spotted dick come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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