an English dish consisting of hulled wheat boiled in milk, sweetened, and flavored with spice
Origin of frumenty
Middle English frumente from Old French frumentée from Classical Latin frumentum: see frumentaceousfrumenty
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frumenty
also fur·mi·ty
noun
pl. fru·men·ties, also fur·mi·tiesHulled wheat boiled in milk and flavored with sugar and spices.
Origin of frumenty
Middle English frumente from Old French froumentee from froument grain from Latin frūmentumTHE 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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Noun
(plural frumenties)
- A porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise. Frumenty was often the first dish on the menu of a medieval English feast.
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From Old French frumentee, from frument (“grain”), from Latin frūmentum.
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