pemmican

• pemican

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛmɪkən/

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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.]

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pemmican m (plural pemmicans)

1. pemmican

• “pemmican”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.