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porray

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-ray
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medieval pudding or stew of leeks and other vegetables (and sometimes meat) simmered in fresh almond milk and/or meat broth.

Etymology

From Middle English porrey, from Old French poree (“leek soup”), diminutive of por (“leek”), from Latin porrum (“leek(s)”). Doublet of porret.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: porrey, poree, porrum

Frequently Paired Words

porrets porridge

Questions

What does porray mean?
A medieval pudding or stew of leeks and other vegetables (and sometimes meat) simmered in fresh almond milk and/or meat broth.
Where does porray come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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