brewis
/bɹuːɪs/
brewis noun: a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal.
Noun
brewis (countable and uncountable, plural brewises)
- a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
- […] an hundred dishes of poultry besides other birds and brewises, fritters and cooling marinades.1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5
- […] he recounteth the horror of their deathless punishment in hellfire (as seen by him in his vision), a burning stinking brewis of venomed maggots and toothed worms that do gnaw to the very pia mater.1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun
brewis meaning in Tamil
brewis in Tamil
- மாட்டிறைச்சிச்சாறு, குழம்பு
Forms of brewis
| plural | brewises |
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Origin of brewis
Old French broez, brouez, brouets plural of broet, brouet (French brouet ‘gruel’), from breu, from *brodittum, a diminutive of vulgar Latin *brodum, from Germanic *brod ‘sauce’ (English broth).
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Questions about brewis
- What does brewis mean?
- Brewis means a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal.
- What is brewis in Tamil?
- Brewis in Tamil is மாட்டிறைச்சிச்சாறு, குழம்பு. See Brewis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brewis?
- Brewis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brewis?
- Brewis is pronounced /bɹuːɪs/.
- What is the plural of brewis?
- The plural of brewis is brewises.
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