GUMBO

I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra Date: 1805 a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables, okra 1, 3. any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central United States that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky, a heavy sticky mud, mixture , melange, ~ adjective II. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: American French gombo, perhaps from Kongo nkômbô runaway slave Date: 1838 creole 4a