mulligatawny
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mulligatawny
- /mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/
Rhymes with -ɔːni
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Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).
noun mulligatawnies
- An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning. At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the t
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noun Indian soup
| 中文 | 咖喱肉湯 /咖喱肉汤 gālí ròutāng |
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Talk about this word "mulligatawny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mulligatawny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mulligatawny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mulligatawny "mulligatawny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mulligatawny.Cite this
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title = {mulligatawny},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mulligatawny},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
