Definitions for frumenty

frumenty fru·men·ty

Spelling: [froo-muh n-tee]
IPA: /ˈfru mən ti/

Frumenty is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in frumenty (efmnrtuy).

Definitions for frumenty

noun

  1. a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.

Origin of frumenty

1350-1400; Middle English frumentee Old French, equivalent to frument grain (Latin frūmentum) + -ee -y3

Examples for frumenty

She said "Come in," wearily, thinking it was the frumenty and the Christmas cakes.

Can't give you much,—mysterious inward complaint, myself,—can't eat anything but frumenty.

Moreover the cellaress had to give the ladies “frumenty”, for which she laid in wheat and three gallons of milk.

But, to Daoud's relief, Fra Tomasso only shut his eyes and shook his head, his cheeks quivering gently like a bowl of frumenty.

But the most important harvest, after gleaning for frumenty, was the blackberries.

The frumenty pot welcomes home the harvest cart, and the garland of flowers crowns the Captain of the reapers.

frumenty, which is made of wheat boiled in milk was a standing dish at every harvest supper.

A dish once prominent at Christmas was “frumenty” or “furmety” (variously spelt, and derived from the Latin frumentum, corn).

He indicated the Blue Ridge with a bird-like jerk, and helped himself again to frumenty.

Word Value for frumenty
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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