mortadella
[ mawr-tuh-del-uh ]
/ ˌmɔr təˈdɛl ə /
noun
a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.
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Origin of mortadella
1605–15; < Italian < Latin murtāt(um) sausage seasoned with myrtle (murt(um) myrtle-berry + -ātum, neuter of -ātus -ate1) + -ella diminutive suffix
Words nearby mortadella
morse lamp, morse taper, morse, samuel f. b., morsel, mort, mortadella, mortal, mortal mind, mortal sin, mortal sin/venial sin, mortality
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Example sentences from the Web for mortadella
Mortadella, a favorite Italian sausage, is made from lean pork ham meat chopped very fine.
I wish I could send a man from Fortnum and Mason's out to you with a chunk of mortadella.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry JamesThis time his look was indignant as he exclaimed: "But, signor, it is mortadella!"
Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2|John Wilson TownsendHence the mortadella a mortatula, still so calld by the Italians, perhaps the of Athenæus, deip.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Evelyn