This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
haggis
[ hag-is ]
/ ˈhæg ɪs /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun Chiefly Scot.
a traditional pudding made of the heart, liver, etc., of a sheep or calf, minced with suet and oatmeal, seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the animal.
QUIZ
GOOSES. GEESES. I WANT THIS QUIZ ON PLURAL NOUNS!
Test how much you really know about regular and irregular plural nouns with this quiz.
Question 1 of 9
Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Origin of haggis
1375–1425; late Middle English hageys<Anglo-French *hageis, equivalent to hag- (root of haguer to chop, hash <Middle Dutch hacken to hack1) + -eis noun suffix used in cookery terms
Words nearby haggis
Haggadah, haggadist, Haggai, haggard, hagged, haggis, haggle, H agglutinin, hagia, hagiarchy, Hagia Sophia, Cathedral of
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
How to use haggis in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for haggis
haggis
/ (ˈhæɡɪs) /
noun
a Scottish dish made from sheep's or calf's offal, oatmeal, suet, and seasonings boiled in a skin made from the animal's stomach
Word Origin for haggis
C15: perhaps from haggen to hack 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012