Synonyms for frumenty


Grammar : Noun
Spell : froo-muh n-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfru mən ti

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Définition of frumenty

  • As in porridge : noun warm cereal
Example sentences :
  • She said "Come in," wearily, thinking it was the frumenty and the Christmas cakes.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Egg and Other tales » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • But the most important harvest, after gleaning for frumenty, was the blackberries.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • The frumenty pot welcomes home the harvest cart, and the garland of flowers crowns the Captain of the reapers.
  • Extract from : « Strange Teas, Dinners, Weddings and Fetes » by Various
  • Moreover the cellaress had to give the ladies “frumenty”, for which she laid in wheat and three gallons of milk.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
  • But, to Daoud's relief, Fra Tomasso only shut his eyes and shook his head, his cheeks quivering gently like a bowl of frumenty.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • A dish once prominent at Christmas was “frumenty” or “furmety” (variously spelt, and derived from the Latin frumentum, corn).
  • Extract from : « Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan » by Clement A. Miles
  • Frumenty, which is made of wheat boiled in milk was a standing dish at every harvest supper.
  • Extract from : « Old English Sports » by Peter Hampson Ditchfield
  • Can't give you much,—mysterious inward complaint, myself,—can't eat anything but frumenty.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He indicated the Blue Ridge with a bird-like jerk, and helped himself again to frumenty.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

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