osmazomeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + ζωμός (zōmós, “meat-soup”).

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名詞

osmazome (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, dated) A substance formerly supposed to impart the characteristic meaty smell and taste to certain dishes.
   • 1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy‎, translation of Physiologie du goût by Brillat-Savarin:

     The greatest service chemistry has rendered to alimentary science, is the discovery of osmazome, or rather the determination of what it was. […] Osmazome, discovered after having been so long the delight of our fathers, may be compared to alcohol, which made whole generations drunk before it was simply exhibited by distillation.

   • 1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter IV, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part II, page 107:

     He talked aroma, osmazome, juices, and gelatine in a bewildering manner.

参考

• umami