crempog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh crempog.

Noun

crempog (plural crempogs)

1. A Welsh pancake made with self-raising flour, salt, eggs, milk and salted butter.
   • 1947, Viscount Gwynedd, Dame Margaret: The Life Story of His Mother, page 194:

     But each time a great stack of freshly made Crempogs was brought from the kitchen and handed round you can guess how fervently I prayed my mother's insistence that she really could eat no more of anything might spare us both.

   • 1973, Kyffin Williams, Across the Straits: An Autobiography:

     We used to visit farms for crempog teas and I used to eye the huge pot of melted butter, in which lurked the small round pancakes, with apprehension.

Anagrams

• compreg

Welsh

Alternative forms

• crempogen

Etymology

Related to English crumpet; it is unclear which language borrowed from which. Compare also Breton krampouezh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛmpɔɡ/

Noun

crempog f (plural crempogau)

1. pancake; fritter

Derived terms

• crempogog (“like a pancake; wrinkled”, adj)

Related terms

• cramwyth (“pancakes, fritters”)
• cramwyth wyau (“omelets”)
• ffroes f (“pancakes, omelets, fried meat and eggs”)
• pancosen f (“pancakes, fritters, omelets”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crempog	grempog	nghrempog	chrempog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crempog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies