miso
[mee-soh; Japanese mee-saw]
- a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
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Origin of miso
1720–30; < Japanese, probably < dialectal Korean, equivalent to Korean meju soybean malt
miso-
- a combining form meaning “hate,” with the object of hatred specified by the following element: misogyny.
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Also mis-.
Origin of miso-
< Greek, combining form of mīseîn to hate, mîsos hatred
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Contemporary Examples
Try the miso ramen at Sapporo (152 W. 49th St.; 212-869-8972; entrées from $9).
Put the miso sauce in a small saucepan, place over low heat, and stir to heat through; season with crushed black pepper to taste.
In Kato, my favorite lunch set includes braised golden eye snapper, rice, miso soup, and pickles.
Historical Examples
His food, which he cooked himself, was chiefly rice and miso.
The Foundations of JapanJ.W. Robertson Scott
Many of them carefully bring their own rice and miso, and are put up at a cost of about 10 sen a day.
The Foundations of JapanJ.W. Robertson Scott
miso
- a thick brown salty paste made from soya beans, used to flavour savoury dishes, esp soups
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Word Origin
from Japanese
miso-
before a vowel mis-
- indicating hatredmisogyny
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Word Origin
from Greek misos hatred
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Word Origin and History for miso
n.
type of paste used in Japanese cooking, 1727, from Japanese.
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miso-
word-forming element meaning "hater, hatred," before vowels, mis-, comb. form of Greek misos "hatred," misein "to hate." Productive as a word-forming element in ancient Greek, e.g. misoagathia "hatred of good or goodness;" misoponein "to hate work." Forming many compounds in English, most of them obscure or recherche, but some perhaps useful, e.g. misocapnic (adj.) "hating (tobacco) smoke," misocyny "hatred of dogs."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
miso-
- Hatred:misogamy.
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