scuppernong
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an Algonquian word.[1] Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskʌpənɒŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɔŋ/, /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɑŋ/
- Hyphenation: scup‧per‧nong
Noun edit
scuppernong (plural scuppernongs)
- A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
- A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.
Usage notes edit
- A great many alternative forms and pronunciations of this word are found. The most common, attested since the 1820s-40s, is scuppernon / scuppanon /ˈskʌp.əɹ.ˌnɔn/, /ˈskʌp.ə.ˌnɔn/. Scupperdine / scuppadine is also encountered; this is properly the name of a scuppernong-muscadine cross.
References edit
- ^ Bland Simpson and Ann Cary Simpson, in Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain, suggest "Askúponong"