saveloy
[ sav-uh-loi ]
/ ˈsæv əˌlɔɪ /
noun Chiefly British.
a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
Origin of saveloy
1830–40; probably < French
cervelas, Middle French
cervelat < Italian
cervellato Milanese sausage, orig. containing pig's brains, equivalent to
cervell(o) brain (see
cerebellum) +
-ato
-ate1
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British Dictionary definitions for saveloy
saveloy
/ (ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ) /
noun
a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre
Word Origin for saveloy
C19: probably via French from Italian
cervellato, from
cervello brain, from Latin
cerebellum, diminutive of
cerebrum brain