aspic
noun /ˈæspɪk/
/ˈæspɪk/
[uncountable]- clear jelly that food can be put into when it is being served cold
- in aspic chicken breast in aspic
- (figurative) We cannot preserve our culture in aspic.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘asp’, from the colours of the jelly as compared with those of the snake.