grits
pronunciation
How to pronounce grits in British English:
UK [grɪts]
How to pronounce grits in American English:
US [ɡrɪts]
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- Noun:
- coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
Word Origin
- grits (n.)
- plural of grit "coarsely ground grain," Old English grytt (plural grytta) "coarse meal, groats, grits," from Proto-Germanic *grutja-, from the same root as grit (n.), the two words having influenced one another in sound development. In American English, corn-based grits and hominy (q.v.) were used interchangeably in Colonial times. Later, hominy meant whole kernels that had been skinned but not ground, but in the U.S. South, hominy meant skinned kernels that could be ground coarsely to make grits. In New Orleans, whole kernels are big hominy and ground kernels little hominy.
Example
- 1. How to make standard bistros shrimp and grits .
- 2. Grits are aquintessentially american dish .
- 3. If that ain 't right , grits ain 't groceries .
- 4. The corn products turned out by integrative processing consist of rofined corn flour , refine corn grits , corn germ cil , corn instant food and etc.
- 5. A bahamas breakfast to be a bahamian breakfast it must contain grits .