Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porringer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: por-ringer
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.

noun

A headdress shaped like such a dish.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He here caused a good deal of annoyance, especially by tormenting the children in various ways. Sometimes their bread and butter would be snatched away, or their porringers of bread and milk be capsized by an invisible hand; for the Boggart never let himself be seen[.]"
"There was a little clutch of boiled eggs as well, in their own special heater, and porridge, in a silver porringer."
"Wife of small wit, neere him, that rail'd vpon me, till her pinck'd porrenger fell off her head"

Etymology

From Middle English paroger, porrynger, a variant of potager, potynger (“small dish for stew”), apparently from potage + -er, with intrusive n before g as in messenger and passenger. Compare poddinger and later porridge.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: paroger,porrynger

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

porringers (plural)

Derived Forms

porringerful

Synonyms

poddinger pottinger

Questions

What does porringer mean?: A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.
Where does porringer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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