pemmican

noun /ˈpɛmɪkən/

1. A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.

   uncountable

   "I can butcher a buffalo and make pemmican. I can pitch a tepee and pack it on a horse to move."

2. A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.

   archaic, uncountable

Where it comes from

From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pemmican (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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