Link Centre Dictionary

sausage

sau·sage

UK/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ fairly common informal slang

noun

1.

highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings

2.

Origin

From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”).

Phrases

  • blue sausage fruit
  • Bologna sausage
  • breakfast sausage
  • Chinese sausage
  • cocktail sausage
  • country sausage
  • democracy sausage
  • dry sausage

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Part of

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.