av·go·lem·o·no (äv?g?-l?m??-n?)n.1. A sauce consisting of eggs, lemon juice, and broth.2. A soup flavored with this sauce and often containing orzo or rice and meat.[Modern Greek avgolémono : avgó, egg (back-formation from pl. avgá, back-formation from t’avgá, the eggs, contraction of *ta ogá : ta, neuter pl. definite article + *ogá, eggs + from Greek ?ia, pl. of ?ion, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots) + lemóni, lemon (from Italian limone, from Old Italian; see lemon).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.avgolemono (?æv???l?m?n??) n (Cookery) a Greek soup made with eggs, lemon juice, and rice[C20: from Modern Greek]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014