/ahv'goh lem"euh noh'/ ; Gk. /ahv'gaw le"maw naw/ , n. Greek Cookery.
a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.
[ 1960-65; ModGk augolémono, equiv. to augó, abgó egg (pron. avgó ), classical Gk tò oión the egg, pl. tà oiá (cf. OO-), altered by fusion of article and noun, v and g filling vocalic hiatus, merger of sing. and pl. forms, and separation of the article as t' + -lemono var. (in compounds) of lemóni lemon limone ]