mortadella
[ mawr-tuh-del-uh ]
/ ˌmɔr təˈdɛl ə /
noun
a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.
Origin of mortadella
1605–15; < Italian < Latin
murtāt(um) sausage seasoned with myrtle (
murt(um) myrtle-berry +
-ātum, neuter of
-ātus
-ate1) +
-ella diminutive suffix
Words nearby mortadella
morse lamp,
morse taper,
morse, samuel f. b.,
morsel,
mort,
mortadella,
mortal,
mortal mind,
mortal sin,
mortal sin/venial sin,
mortality
Example sentences from the Web for mortadella
Mortadella, a favorite Italian sausage, is made from lean pork ham meat chopped very fine.
I wish I could send a man from Fortnum and Mason's out to you with a chunk of mortadella.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I) |Henry JamesThis time his look was indignant as he exclaimed: "But, signor, it is mortadella!"
Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2 |John Wilson TownsendHence the mortadella a mortatula, still so calld by the Italians, perhaps the of Athenæus, deip.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Evelyn