mulligatawny

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally pepper water).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːni

Noun

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mulligatawny (countable and uncountable, plural mulligatawnies)

  1. An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, page 127:
      At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the table.
    • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps[1]:
      Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

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