succotash

American  

[suhk-uh-tash] / ˈsʌk əˌtæʃ /

noun

1. a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.

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succotash British  

/ ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ /

noun

1. a mixture of cooked sweet corn kernels and lima beans, served as a vegetable

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Etymology

Origin of succotash

First recorded in 1745–55, from Narragansett ( English spelling) msíckquatash “boiled whole kernels of corn,” cognate with Eastern Abenaki ( French spelling) mesikoutar; further origin uncertain, perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian mesi⋅nkwete⋅wali (unattested), from mes- “whole”+ -i·nkw- “eye” (hence, “kernel”) + -ete·- “be cooked” + -w- + -ali plural suffix (all morphemes unattested)

Example Sentences

In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

And in the book “Our Auntie Rosa,” her family shared recipes their aunt prepared for them, including cornbread silver dollar griddle cakes, succotash, chicken and dumplings, fruit compote, and lemonade.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022

Dishes include grilled pork belly with corn succotash, bone-in short rib with blue cheese cremeux, and Atlantic trout with lentils and fennel butter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2018

Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican leader, found out about Lee’s defection after the White House dinner of rosemary-grilled rib eye and summer vegetable succotash.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2017

Finn had decided that succotash was the funniest word in the universe.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix