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Synonyms for nutmeg

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nuht-meg
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌt mɛg

Définition of nutmeg

Origin :
  • "hard aromatic seed of the East Indies," c.1300, from Old North French or Anglo-French *noiz mugue, from Old French nois muguete, unexplained alteration of nois muscade "nut smelling like musk," from nois "nut" (from Latin nux) + Latin muscada, fem. of muscat "musky" (see muscat). Probably influenced in English by Medieval Latin nux maga (cf. unaltered Dutch muskaatnoot, German muscatnuß, Swedish muskotnöt).
  • American English colloquial wooden nutmeg "anything false or fraudulent" is from 1830. Connecticut is called the Nutmeg State "in allusion to the story that wooden nutmegs are there manufactured for exportation." [John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1859]
  • As in melon : noun fruit
Example sentences :
  • Add a table-spoonful of raised cinnamon and nutmeg powdered.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • You may add to it a little sugar, and some grated lemon-peel and nutmeg.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Stir in sufficient loaf-sugar to sweeten it, and grate some nutmeg into it.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Pour on boiling water, beat it well, and add sugar and nutmeg.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Then pour it warm into your glasses, and grate some nutmeg over each.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Where and how do we now obtain cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves?
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Add ten eggs, but only half the whites, and a nutmeg grated.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • Scald a quart of cream; when almost cold, put to it four eggs well beaten, a spoonful and a half of flour, with nutmeg and sugar.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Boil some spice in a little water till the flavour is gained, then add an equal quantity of port, with sugar and nutmeg.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Mix with them half a nutmeg grated, the yolk of an egg, a spoonful of brandy, and four ounces of currants washed and dried.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

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