posset

[ pos-it ]

noun

a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.

Origin of posset

1400–50; late Middle English poshote, possot< ?

Words Nearby posset

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How to use posset in a sentence

If she was running short on time, she would make posset because she always had cream hanging around.
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I went to bed with a posset, being very melancholy in consideration of the loss of my hearing.
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“Never saw I such a brat among all I have brought into the world,” old posset quavered.
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Her head ached, she said, but she declined the hot posset, and only asked to be left quiet.
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Et generaliter ad omnia facienda que ipse constituens posset facere si adesset.
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Says she, 'Did you drink any sleepy posset either of these evenings before you went to bed?' '
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British Dictionary definitions for posset

posset

/ (ˈpɒsɪt) /

noun

a drink of hot milk curdled with ale, beer, etc, flavoured with spices, formerly used as a remedy for colds

Origin of posset

C15 poshoote, of unknown origin

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