frumenty

[ froo-muhn-tee ]

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nounBritish Dialect.

a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.

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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How to use frumenty in a sentence

With pea soup or furmity serve a Beavers tail, salt Porpoise, &c.
Early English Meals and Manners | Various
One house would pride itself on its ham, another on its game-pie, and a third on its superior furmity, or tansey-pudding.
Memoir of Jane Austen | James Edward Austen-Leigh
Nobody could come, nobody could go, without having a dish of Mrs. Goodenough's furmity.
The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy
He cannot breakfaste on colde Milk, like Father, but liketh Furmity a little spiced.
The Household of Sir Thomas More | Anne Manning
However, he gave way to her representations, and they entered the furmity booth forthwith.
The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for frumenty

frumenty

fromenty, furmenty or furmity

/ (ˈfruːməntɪ) /

noun

British a kind of porridge made from hulled wheat boiled with milk, sweetened, and spiced

Origin of frumenty

C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum

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