Congee definition
In Asian cooking, a thin gruel of rice and water.
noun
(now rare) To take formal leave; esp., to bow in leaving.
verb
A traditional Asian rice porridge.
noun
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(Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
congee
Plural:
congeesOrigin of congee
- Tamil kañci
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French congié (modern congé), from commeatus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeo (“I go and come”), from con- + meo (“I go, I pass”)
From Wiktionary
- From Tamil, perhaps via Portuguese.
From Wiktionary