suppawn
/səˈpɔn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk."
- "1829 July—October, The Westminster Review, Volume XI, In the shape of porridge the corn is called suppawn: Mr. Cobbett informs us, with the amusing particularity of a happy egotist, of the manner in which he feeds his family upon suppawn, and other substantial meats ; […] ."
- "Corn was roasted or boiled on the ear ; soaked or boiled in lye and hulls removed, the whole kernels were served; it was eaten with milk as hominy, samp, or suppawn. Ground into meal, it appeared in a variety of forms, as porridge, hasty pudding, pone, and later as Indian pudding, which was cooked with molasses and was a favorite dish."
Etymology
Ultimately from an Algonquian language term such as Massachusett/Narragansett saupan (“softened by water”), Munsee nsá·pa·n, or a cognate thereof, whence also English samp. Possibly transmitted via New Netherland Dutch or Jersey Dutch suppaen, sapaen.
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˈpɔn/
- British English: /sʌˈpɔːn/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable