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Definition of Congee

1. Noun. A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast.

2. Verb. Depart after obtaining formal permission. "He has congeed with the King"

3. Noun. (architecture) a concave molding.

4. Verb. Perform a ceremonious bow.

5. Noun. Formal permission to depart. "He gave me his conge"

6. Noun. An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal.

Definition of Congee

1. n. & v. See Congé, Conge.

2. n. Boiled rice; rice gruel.

Definition of Congee

1. Noun. (obsolete) Formal departure, ceremonial leave-taking. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) A bow. ¹

3. Noun. (''Asian cuisine'') A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Congee

1. to bow politely [v -GEED, -GEEING, -GEES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congee

conge congeable congeal congealability congealable congealed congealed salad congealed salads congealer congealers

congealing congealment congealments congeals conged congee (current term) congeed congeeing congees congeing

congelation congelation urticaria congelations congelative congelifract congeliturbation congemination congenator congener congenerate

Literary usage of Congee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... received his congee, and Mrs. W , who studied her daughter's happiness alone, sensibly considered her wealth as a counterpoise to his poverty, ..."

2. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"congee, s. In use all over India for the water in which rice lias been boiled. ... congee also forms the usual starch of Indian washermen. ..."

3. Letters from My Home in India by Matilda Faulkner Churchill (1916)
"The congee is poured into the brass plate by the old person, for this woman who has been ... They drank in turn some of the congee water left in the dish; ..."

4. The Griffin's Aide-de-camp by Blunt Spurs (1860)
"The first clyster, may be two ounces of spirits of turpentine, and two ounces of onion juice, in a gallon of thin warm congee. When it is time for the ..."

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