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From circa 1305, 中期英語 podynge (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddynge, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”), from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of boudin.

• An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), 古期英語 puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout.

発音

• enPR: po͝odʹing, IPA: /ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/
• 韻: -ʊdɪŋ

名詞

pudding (countable and uncountable, plural puddings)

1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
   • 2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313:

     The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.

   • 2004, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199:

     Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.

2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
   • 2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265:

     Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.

3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

   Hyponyms: custard, crème caramel, crème brûlée, flan, mousse

4. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

   Synonyms: (UK informal) afters, dessert, (UK slang) pud, (UK) sweet

   We have apple pie for pudding today.

5. (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.

   Synonyms: (UK, Ireland) black pudding, blood sausage

6. (slang) An overweight person.

   Synonyms: fatty, porker; see also Thesaurus:fat person

7. (endearing) A term of endearment.

   Synonym: dumpling

   • 2005, Ruzbeh N. Bharucha, Rest in Pieces, page 7:

     "How is my little pudding?" Jehan nuzzles up to me and rests his little head on my shoulder, still chuckling […]

8. (slang) Entrails.

   Synonyms: bowels, guts, innards

   • 1715 November 15, To Mr James Neilsone, opposite the Tolbooth, Berwick; published as “Battle of Sheriffmuir”, in The Edinburgh Magazine, March 1818, page 241:

     I pray God he may recover, though there is little hopes; as there is of Coll Halley, being shott throw the body; and of Capt. Urquhart of Burdyeyeards, being wounded in the belly, after being made prisoner, soe that his puddings hang out.

   • [1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue‎:

     PUDDINGS, the guts; I'll let out your puddings.]

9. (obsolete) Any food or victuals.

   Synonyms: fodder, provisions; see also Thesaurus:food

   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Merry Andrew:

     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.

10. (archaic, slang) A piece of good fortune.

    Synonyms: lucky break, stroke of luck

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