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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aspic, from Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by French basilic (basilisk). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colors and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the gelatin was often molded in a shape similar to a coiled snake.

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Noun

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aspic with eggs

aspic (countable and uncountable, plural aspics)

  1. A meat or fish jelly.
    • 1819, Frederick Nutt, Nutt, F. (1819). The Imperial and Royal Cook. Consisting of the Most Sumptuous Made Dishes ... Including the Latest Improvements in Fashionable Life. 2nd Ed. United Kingdom: Samuel Leigh: Baldwin, Cradock; Joy. - p.265
      “Put a little aspic in the mould, so as to cover the bottom ···“
  2. A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
    • 1943, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 441:
      "I don't know what you mean, Mr. Wynand," whispered Keating. His eyes fixed upon the tomato aspic on his salad plate; it was soft and shivering; it made him sick.
  3. (obsolete, poetic) An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  4. A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot.

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Adjective

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aspic (not comparable)

  1. Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
    • 1923, Wallace Stevens, “In the Carolinas”, in Harmonium, Faber and Faber, published 2001, →ISBN, page 3:
      Timeless mother, / How is it that your aspic nipples / For once vent honey?

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by basilic (basilisk). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colours and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the gelatine was often moulded in a shape similar to a coiled snake.

Noun

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aspic m (plural aspics)

  1. asp (Vipera aspis)
  2. asp (Naja haje)
  3. slanderer, libeller
  4. (cooking) aspic (dish)
  5. (slang, dated, rare) miser
Descendants
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  • Catalan: aspic
  • Dutch: aspic
  • English: aspic
  • German: Aspik
  • Japanese: アスピック (asupikku)
  • Korean: 아스픽 (aseupik)
  • Spanish: áspic

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Occitan aspic (ear (of grain), lavender), from Latin spicum. Doublet of spic.

Noun

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aspic m (plural aspics)

  1. spike lavender, Lavandula latifolia

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French aspic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈspik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Hyphenation: a‧spìc

Noun

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aspic m (invariable)

  1. aspic

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aspic.

Noun

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aspic n (plural aspicuri)

  1. aspic

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative aspic aspicul aspicuri aspicurile
genitive-dative aspic aspicului aspicuri aspicurilor
vocative aspicule aspicurilor