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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A substance, such as a relish, vinegar, or spice, used to flavor or complement food.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Something used to give relish to food; a relish; seasoning; sauce.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Something used to enhance the flavor of food; salt or pepper for example.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment

Etymologies

  1. From Latin condimentum, from condire ("to preserve, pickle, season"). See condite and compare recondite. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin condīmentum, from condīre, to season. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu "Before 1500, seasoning; earlier, a pickling fluid (probably 1440); borrowed from Middle French condiment, from Latin condimentum spice, from condire to preserve, season, a variant (perhaps influenced by sallire to salt, preserve) of condere to make, build, lay up, store, preserve (con- together + -dere to put, place)."

    - The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology Jun 21, 2010

  • chained_bear Long conversation on barbecue. Jun 11, 2009

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