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Definition of Frumenty
1. Noun. Sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat.
Definition of Frumenty
1. n. Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc.
Definition of Frumenty
1. 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. Frumenty was often the first dish on the menu of a medieval English feast. ¹
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Definition of Frumenty
1. a dish of wheat boiled in milk and sweetened with sugar [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frumenty
Literary usage of Frumenty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charles Waterton, His Home, Habits, and Handiwork: Reminiscences of an by Richard Hobson (1867)
"Within the cavity of this stone, at the date described, many a load of wheat has,
doubtless, been triturated by hand, in order to furnish " frumenty," which ..."
2. The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious by Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin (1825)
"... November 20, her mother made some frumenty for breakfast ; that they had six
cups that they ate oat of, one for her father, an. other for her mother, ..."
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