salami
[suh-lah-mee]
- a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
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Origin of salami
1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā(re) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; see sal
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Contemporary Examples
Phillip also orders us a mixed meat and cheese platter with aged comté, Alsacian tomme, chèvre, salami, and duck confit.
And food was largely the work of women, with the exception of salami and wine, which the men always made.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of CookingCurtis Stone
November 28, 2013
The end of the war on salami will come as welcome relief to Americans like Rey Knight.
In this case, Burghoff, usually only a mediocre player, got it right: “salami.”
Example: “Tonight, she aimed her gyrating hips straight at Salami Boy.”
Historical Examples
Hams, salami and bunches of herbs hung from the smoky rafters.
RagnaAnna Miller Costantini
It came like salami, in a tube, and was nothing but congealed blood from animals.
The Biography of a RabbitRoy Benson
She fed him as he drove, slicing cheese and putting it on crackers with bits of olive or pepper or salami.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves TownCory Doctorow
While he was speaking, she drew their luncheon from her ample pockets: hard rye bread and Salami, a sausage as hard as the bread.
The Immigrant Tide, Its Ebb and FlowEdward A. Steiner
German Salami: This sausage will be much appreciated by people who like the smoky flavor of ham and bacon.
salami
- a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic
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Word Origin
C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt
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Word Origin and History for salami
n.
"salted, flavored Italian sausage," 1852, from Italian salami, plural of salame "spiced pork sausage," from Vulgar Latin *salamen, from *salare "to salt," from Latin sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)).
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