gingernut

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/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒəɹnət/

noun

A hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea.

Similar
gingersnap
OriginEnglish nut ← Middle English note ← Old English hnutu →
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Meanings

noungingernut (plural gingernuts)

plural gingernuts · alternative ginger nut

  1. UKA hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea.

    Synonyms: gingersnap

  2. UKslangA redhead; a ginger-haired person.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hard biscuit, flavoured with powdered ginger, often dunked in tea.

Similar
gingersnap
Also see
ginger knobgingersnapredetteredhead

Origin

  1. Proto-Dravidian*wēr
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)
  3. Ancient Greekζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)
  4. Latinzingiberi
  5. Late Latingingiber
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gingiberō
  7. Old Englishgingifer
  8. Old Frenchgingembreinflu.
  9. Middle Englishgingivere
  10. Middle Englishgingere
  11. Englishginger
  12. Proto-Germanic*hnuts
  13. Proto-West Germanic*hnut
  14. Old Englishhnutu
  15. Middle Englishnote
  16. Englishnut
  17. Englishgingernut

From ginger + nut.

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APA

gingernut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingernut

MLA

“gingernut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingernut. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gingernut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingernut.

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