Etymology

forcemeat

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Today it means: An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing. Full definition →

French farcir
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The story

  1. French · derived fromfarcir“to stuff”
  2. English todayforcemeat

From force + meat, the former element a variant of obsolete farce (“to stuff”) influenced by force, itself from French farcir (“to stuff”).

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