Definition of posole
: a thick soup chiefly of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest made with pork, hominy, garlic, and chili
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Origin and Etymology of posole
Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl pozolli, from the base of pozōn- boil, be covered with foam
First Known Use: 1931
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