pudding

Meaning

Noun

• Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
• A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
• A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
• Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
• A sausage made primarily from blood.
• An overweight person.
• Entrails.
• Any food or victuals.
• A piece of good fortune.

Related

Similar words

• black pudding , blood sausage
• afters , dessert, pud , sweet
• custard, crème caramel, crème brûlée, flan, mousse

Origin

• From circa 1305, Middle English poding, puddyng, from Old French boudin. boudin.
• An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (compare dialectal English pod, Old English puduc, Low German puddig, Westphalian Puddek, Puddewurst. More at pout.