A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.

plural of hominy

The tutelary deity or spirit watching over a particular person.

plural of genius hominis

plural of hominy snow

(US, Southern, uncountable) A type of icy, granular snow that looks like hominy. / (US, Southern, countable) A snowfall of icy, granular snow.