congee

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒndʒi/ Rhymes: -ɒndʒi Homophone: kanji (US) === Etymology 1 === From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé. ==== Alternative forms ==== conge [16th–17th c.] congé [from 18th c.] ==== Noun ==== congee (countable and uncountable, plural congees) Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport. (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell. (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar. (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect. ===== Derived terms ===== give congee take congee ==== Verb ==== congee (third-person singular simple present congees, present participle congeeing, simple past and past participle congeed) (archaic) To give congee, (particularly) (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss. (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something. === Etymology 2 === From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje. ==== Alternative forms ==== conjee ==== Noun ==== congee (usually uncountable, plural congees) (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. ===== Synonyms ===== rice porridge, rice congee; porridge, zhou (Chinese contexts); jook, juk (Cantonese & Korean contexts) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== (Portuguese): canja ==== See also ==== Thesaurus:dim sum ==== References ==== === References === "congee | congé, n.²" & "v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1891. === Anagrams === negoce