pemmican

Meaning

Noun

• A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.
• A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.

Origin

• From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ, from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ, from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.