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Added 9 October 2026

haggis

/ˈhæɡɪs/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about haggis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach.

Origin

From Late Middle English hagis (“haggis”), from hag, haggen (“to chop, cut, hack; to cut into”) (from Old Norse hǫggva (“to hew”)), or from hakken (“to chop, hack; to dice, mince”) (from Old English hēawan (“to chop, hew; to dice, mince”)), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew; to beat, strike; to forge”).

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