Now Rare congé
Origin of congee
Middle English conge from Old French congieintransitive verb
-·geed, -·gee·ingNow Rare to take formal leave; esp., to bow in leaving
congee
con·gee in Asian cooking, a thin gruel of rice and water
Origin of congee
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps TamilWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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congee
noun
Variant of congé
noun
A traditional Asian rice porridge.
Origin of congee
Tamil kañciTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
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”)
Noun
(usually uncountable, plural congees)
- (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
Origin
From Tamil, perhaps via Portuguese.
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