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osmazome en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + ζωμός (zōmós, “meat-soup”).

Meanings

1. (dated, uncountable) A substance formerly supposed to impart the characteristic meaty smell and taste to certain dishes.
   • The greatest service chemistry has rendered to alimentary science, is the discovery of osmazome, or rather the determination of what it was. […] Osmazome, discovered after having been so long the delight of our fathers, may be compared to alcohol, which made whole generations drunk before it was simply exhibited by distillation. 1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy, translation of Physiologie du goût by Brillat-Savarin:
   • He talked aroma, osmazome, juices, and gelatine in a bewildering manner. 1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter IV, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part II, page 107:

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umami

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fr osmazôme (Translations)