frumenty

== English == === Alternative forms === fermenty, firmity, fromenty, frumerty, furmenty, furmety, furmity === Etymology === From Middle English furmente, from Old French fourmenté, from furment (“grain”), from Latin frūmentum. Doublet of furmint. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹuːmənti/, /ˈfɜːmɪti/, /ˈfɜːməti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹuːmənti/, /ˈfɝmɪti/, /ˈfɝməti/ === Noun === frumenty (usually uncountable, plural frumenties) (chiefly historical) 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. 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.' === Anagrams === furmenty == Middle English == === Noun === frumenty alternative form of furmente