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omeletten. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French omelette. Etymology: < Middle French, French omelette (1561; also as †aumelete (1603), †aumelette (1611 in Cotgrave)), alteration (see note) of Middle French, French amelette (1480; now regional), apparently a variant (with metathesis) of an unattested Middle French form *alemette (compare alumette (c1400), alumecte (first half of the 15th cent.)), itself in turn a variant (with suffix substitution) of alemelle , alumelle thin plate, blade of a sword or knife (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as alemele , alumele ; late 14th cent. as alumelle in sense ‘sweet fritter, perhaps omelette’), ultimately a variant (with metanalysis of the definite article) of lemelle blade (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as lemele ; French lamelle (early 15th cent. in Middle French)) < classical Latin lamella (see lamella n.).The change in the initial vowel from a to o probably occurred in southern French under the influence of forms of œuf egg; compare Middle French œufmollette (1576), French †œufmelete (1607), †œufmeslete (1615). the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > omelette 1611 R. Cotgrave Omelette [v.r. Haumelotte, Homelette], an Omelet, or Pancake of egges. 1655 tr. C. Sorel ii. 26 I was commanded to make an Aumelet, it being Friday. 1657 R. Ligon 36 An Amulet of eggs. 1681 W. Robertson (1693) 185 An Aumulet of Eggs. 1698 (Royal Soc.) 20 70 A Fresh Egg in Fashion of an Ammulet. 1699 J. Evelyn 18 In Omlets, made up with Cream, fried in sweet Butter. 1732 E. Smith (ed. 5) 22 An Amulet of Eggs the Savoury Way. 1733 S. Harrison ii. 9 Eggs dress'd, in several sorts of Amlets. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage I. i. ii. 8 When the amlet I had bespoke was ready, I sat down to table. 1775 J. Ash Amelet, a kind of pancake. 1785 W. Withering p. xiv Some persons, soon after eating of a kind of omalade, into which the leaves of this [sc. the foxglove].., had entered as an ingredient, found themselves much indisposed. 1804 ‘Ignotus’ 166 The omelette is an extemporaneous dish that admits of great variation in its composition. 1860 N. Hawthorne I. xxv. 273 Old Stella..quickly followed it with a savory omelet. 1909 2 Feb. 4/7 The recipe for an eggless omelette. 1960 29 Mar. (Suppl.) 8/21 For the next omelette..you really need the mild sweetness of the true Gruyère. 1989 N. Sherry I. xxxv. 539 Their cook, Souri, made them an enormous omelette. Phrasesthe world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > the end justifies the means 1796 Apr. 248 They said to him, you have made us lose a great many men. ‘Ah! One cannot make pancakes without breaking eggs.’] 1796 May 411/1 It was remarked to him that he had caused the death of a great many persons. Yes, he replied, omlets are not made without breaking eggs. 1859 T. P. Thompson II. xc. 65 We are walking upon eggs, and whether we tread East or tread West, the omelet will not be made without the breaking of some. 1898 10 Jan. 13/3 Omelettes cannot be made without breaking eggs, and war cannot be waged without losses of this kind occurring. 1920 C. A. W. Monckton xxv. 297 Have you any conscientious scruples about shedding blood? You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. 1941 July 52/1 Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs, and it may clarify our thinking if we separate the constructive effects of science from those that have been purely destructive. 1976 G. Markstein xxxi. 128 It was the cold war, remember... Nobody worried about breaking a few eggs when they made the omelette. 1991 8 Mar. 35/1 ‘You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs’ was the standard, pre-glasnost reply to anyone who expressed misgivings about the human cost of the Russian revolution. Compounds C1. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pan > pan for specific food 1846 Lady Montefiore v. 99 A small omelette frying-pan is necessary for cooking it [sc. the omelette] well. 1879 A. D. Whitney 292 Finish beating and mixing the omelette, setting on the omelette-pan when almost ready. 1995 Autumn–Winter 892/1 Prestige Cuisine... Omelette pan. C2. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > omelette 1800 tr. L. S. Mercier II. ccxvii. 268 The stockjobber eats their omelettes aux fines herbes. 1834 Jan. 215 The French..occasionally indulge themselves in an omelette aux fines herbes. 1876 June 69/1 A bilious attack..partly from having eaten a little too much omelette aux fines herbes, exquisitely prepared by Mrs. Danver. 1977 D. Ramsay ii. 108 During lunch..they disposed of..the most subtle of omelettes fines herbes. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > omelette 1826 B. Disraeli II. iii. vii. 81 What shall this chapter be about?.. Sentiment or scandal—or a lecture on omelettes soufflées? 1893 Dec. 721 Imagine an omelette-souffle served by cooperation to an impatient father of a family! 1975 R. Hume & M. Downes ii. 64 Omelet Soufflé with Strawberries... Omelet Soufflé ‘en Surprise’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). omelettev. Inflections: Present participle omeletteing, omeletting; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: omelette n. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > cook specific food > eggs 1867 Apr. 604/1 The charge for three, whether boiled, fried, scrambled, poached, omeletted, or combined with ham or bacon. 1872 E. Eggleston xxiii. 155 The eggs..were not poached, they were not scrambled, they were not omeletted. 1908 6 Oct. 3/1 (caption) I don't want to be omeletted! 1992 Jan. 25/3 Countless variations on ham and eggs—scrambled, coddled, omeletted. 2001 D. Mitchell 12 Your main concern should not be practical ethics, but to dissuade me from omeletteing you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1611 v.1867 |
