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• pemican

語源

From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɛmɪkən/

名詞

pemmican (usually uncountable, plural pemmicans)

1. 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. [from 18th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 239:

     I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry.

2. (now rare) A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words. [from 19th c.]

派生語

参考

• jerky