frumenty
/ˈfɹuːmənti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Frumenty was often the first dish on the menu of a medieval English feast."
- "Family MS. of the Cunliffes. Quoted by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in the note to her poem, Christmas in the Olden Time, 1650. (1835): 'Their entertainment was, a large hall of curious ashler work, a long table, plenty of furmenty like new milk, in a morning, made of husked wheat, boiled and roasted beef, with a fat goose, and a pudding, with plenty of good beer for dinner.'"
Etymology
From Middle English furmente, from Old French fourmenté, from furment (“grain”), from Latin frūmentum. Doublet of furmint.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: furmente, fourmenté, frūmentum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹuːmənti/
- British English: /ˈfɹuːmənti/