frumenty
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/ˈfɹuːmənti/
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/ˈfɹuːmənti/ · /ˈfɜːmɪti/ · /ˈfɜːməti/ · /ˈfɝmɪti/ · /ˈfɝməti/
Definition of frumenty
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical, uncountable, usually)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.”
“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.'”
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Etymology
From Middle English furmente, from Old French fourmenté, from furment (“grain”), from Latin frūmentum. Doublet of furmint.
Words you can make from frumenty
100 playable · top: FURMENTY (16 pts)
Best play furmenty 16 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
27 words3-letter words
38 words- FEY 9 pts
- FRY 9 pts
- FEM 8 pts
- YUM 8 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FUN 6 pts
- FUR 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- RYU 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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