posset
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of posset
1400–50; late Middle English poshote, possot < ?
Vocabulary lists containing posset
Example Sentences
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The word "posset" refers both to a citrusy confection, as well as a newborn's spit-up.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2022
Jemma Melvin made the dessert, inspired by the lemon posset served at the Queen's 1947 wedding to Prince Philip.
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
And Ms. Billups has transformed the desserts: lemon-thyme posset with shortbread, apple brown-sugar cheesecake with apple cider caramel and a dusting of brown butter sugar.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2017
Describing the poison that killed him, the ghost of Hamlet’s father says that “it doth posset/ And curd, like Aygre droppings into Milke.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015
An army of servants clad in bright blue livery for the new king bore jugs of posset and poured spiced wine in pewter goblets stamped with the seal of Claudius.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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