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pottage Definition

pot·tage (pätij)

noun

a kind of thick soup or stew made of vegetables, or meat and vegetables

Etymology: ME potage < MFr < pot, pot

pottage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Most of these would have been used as ingredients in soup, called pottage.

Noun used with modifier

  • milk: The bill of fare in each case is as follows: Breakfast in all cases, and every day, milk pottage.
  • sod: And Iacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and hee was faint.
pottage Quotes

Esausaid,Behold,Iamatthe pointto die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day: and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Esau sells his birthright for a mess of pottage.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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