frumenty
[ froo-muh n-tee ]
/ ˈfru mən ti /
noun British Dialect.
a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
Nearby words
fruity, frum, frumbierding, frumentaceous, frumentius, frumenty, frumious, frump, frumpy, frunze, frusemide
Origin of frumenty
1350–1400; Middle English frumentee < Old French, equivalent to frument grain (< Latin frūmentum) + -ee -y3
Also called fur·mi·ty [fur-mi-tee] /ˈfɜr mɪ ti/
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frumenty
fromenty, furmenty or furmity
/ (ˈfruːməntɪ) /
noun
British a kind of porridge made from hulled wheat boiled with milk, sweetened, and spiced
Word Origin for frumenty
C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum
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