fricassee
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have fricasseedperfect
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has fricasseedperfect 3rd person singular
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is fricasseeingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are fricasseeingprogressive
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am fricasseeingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been fricasseeingperfect progressive
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has been fricasseeingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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fricasseessingular 3rd person
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fricasseeingparticiple
Past
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had fricasseedperfect
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had been fricasseeingperfect progressive
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was fricasseeingprogressive singular
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were fricasseeingprogressive plural
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fricasseedparticiple
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fricasseedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of fricassee
1560–70; < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of fricasser to cook chopped food in its own juice, probably equivalent to fri ( re ) to fry 1 + casser to break, crack (< Latin quassāre to shake, damage, batter); compare, however, dial. fricâssié, perhaps with a reflex of Vulgar Latin *coāctiāre, verbal derivative of Latin coāctus compressed, condensed, past participle of cōgere; see cogent
Vocabulary lists containing fricassee
Example Sentences
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Fricassee sandwiches sold on the street get a generous dollop, as do bowls of lablabi, the widely popular chickpea stew served over pieces of day-old bread.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2017
Fricassee was a failure, so was mock-turtle soup; it looked discouraging, and the fat would swim about in a way that attracted attention.
From Vagabondia 1884 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Fricassee one chicken with some rice, dish up with the soup, putting a piece of chicken and one tablespoon of rice into each soup plate before adding the soup.
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler
Fricassee, frik-as-sē′, n. a dish made of fowl, rabbit, &c. cut into pieces and cooked in sauce.—v.t. to dress as a fricassee:—pr.p. fricassee′ing; pa.p. fricasseed′.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Stews—-beef, lamb, Steak, Fricassee of chicken, fricassee of lamb, haricot of lamb, pot roast of beef, Hamburg steak, corned beef, boiled ham, meat pie.
From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William
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