: meat (such as pork) mixed with oats, onions, and spices and fried in the form of a patty
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from a western Low German word, as Westphalian (west Münsterland) Götte, Gotte "groats, hulled grain with part of the bran removed, hulled oats," going back to Middle Low German görte, metathesized form of grütte "groats," going back to Germanic *grutjō- — more at grits