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单词 frumenty
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frumentyfurmetyn.

Brit. /ˈfruːm(ə)nti/, U.S. /ˈfrumənti/ Brit. /ˈfəːməti/, U.S. /ˈfərmədi/
Forms: α. Middle English frumentee, Middle English frumyte, 1500s–1600s frumentie, frumentye, 1600s frummetry, 1600s, 1800s fromenty, 1600s–1800s frumet(t)y, 1700s frumentary, 1800s fromety, frumerty, frumarty, frummaty, frummety, Middle English– frumenty. β. Middle English furmente, Middle English, 1500s, 1800s furmenty, 1500s fermeté, fer-, fir-, four-, fur-, fyrmentie, fyrmentye, 1600s firmity, formity, formety, 1700s–1800s fu(r)metry, furmetree, furmetty, 1600s–1800s furmety, furmity.
Etymology: Middle English frumentee, furmente, < Old French frumentée, fourmentee, < frument, fourment (modern French froment) < late popular Latin *frŭmentum = classical Latin frūmentum corn.
1. A dish made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] > brose
frumenty?c1390
frumenta1513
drammock1563
brose1657
crowdie1668
pease brose1811
browis1831
whey-brose1894
siot1936
?a1400 Morte Arth. 180 Flesch fluriste of fermysone with frumentee noble.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 383 Fatt venesoun with frumenty.
1483 Cath. Angl. 144/2 Frumyte, frumenticium.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. Eev Frumentie made of sodden wheate.
1732 Acc. Workhouses 11 Dinner..Frumetty and Beer at 3 o'clock.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 68 The Squire made his supper of frumenty, a dish made of wheat cakes boiled in milk with rich spices.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. i. 153 Mothers..who made their butter and their fromenty well.
β. ?c1390 Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. 15 Make furmente as before.1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 12 Furmente whiche is made of whete.?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe sig. Giiiiv Peason, beanes, mylke, chese, ryse, and frumentye.a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggv/1 He'll finde you out a food that needs no teeth nor stomack; a strange formity will feed ye up as fat as hens i'th' foreheads.1796 Sporting Mag. 8 220 John Gawston, eat such a quantity of what is called furmety..that he actually burst!1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 56 The high bowl..Fill'd full of furmety.1859 E. C. Gaskell Round the Sofa 42 We had..furmenty on Mothering Sunday.1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. 28 On that fourth Sunday in Lent, I regularly feasted on Furmety.
2. A kind of wheat or spelt. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of
flaxen wheat?1523
whole wheat1527
tiphe1578
Lammas-wheat1594
frumenty1600
Lammas1677
creeping wheat1819
mummy wheat1842
dinkel1866
marquis1906
durum1908
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant
spelta1000
farc1420
ador?1440
flaxen wheat?1523
Peak-wheat?1523
red wheat?1523
white wheat?1523
duck-bill wheat1553
zea1562
alica1565
buck1577
amelcorn1578
horse-flower1578
tiphe1578
pollard1580
rivet1580
Saracen's corn1585
French wheat1593
Lammas-wheat1594
starch corn1597
St. Peter's corn1597
frumenty1600
secourgeon1600
polwheat1601
duck-wheat1611
kidneys of wheat1611
ograve wheat1616
soft wheat1640
cone-wheat1677
Lammas1677
Poland wheat1686
Saracen corn1687
pole rivet1707
Smyrna wheat1735
hard wheat1757
hen corn1765
velvet wheat1771
white straw1771
nonpareil1805
thick-set wheat1808
cone1826
farro1828
Polish wheat1832
velvet-ear wheat1837
sarrasin1840
mummy wheat1842
snowdrop1844
Red Fife1857
flint-wheat1859
dinkel1866
thick-set1875
spring1884
macaroni wheat1901
einkorn1904
marquis1906
durum1908
emmer1908
hedgehog wheat1909
speltoid1939
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xvii. 687 Furmentie is that which the Latines call Alica or Chondrus, and it is a kinde of wheate, whereof..is made a kinde of grosse meale, resembling oatmeale.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxiii. 582 After the Frumentie or Spike corn be taken off, there be pulse sowed three times, one after another.
3. Wheat mashed for brewing. rare (? nonce-use).
ΚΠ
1882 tr. Thausing's Beer iv. 197 The wheat is crushed and mixed with water. This frumenty is allowed to ferment.

Compounds

C1. frumenty- or furmety-corn, frumenty-kettle, frumenty-pot, frumenty-seller.
ΚΠ
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvii. 19 The woman..strowed firmentye corne theron.
c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. A.iiv I bequeth my grece, to the fermete potte.
1624 P. Massinger Bond-man i. iii. sig. B4 Licking his lips, Like a Spaniell o're a Fermenty pot.
1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 127 Simpering like a Frumety-Kettle.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 23 The furmity-seller decided to close for the night.
C2.
frumenty sweat n. (see quot.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [phrase] > in a dilemma
frumenty sweat1847
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. (at cited word) A person in a dilemma is said to be in a frumenty sweat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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