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fermenty

UK/ˈfɜː.mən.ti/US/ˈfɝ.mən.ti/

fermenty is the alternative form of frumenty.

Meaning of frumenty

Noun

frumenty (usually uncountable, plural frumenties)

  1. (historical, usually) 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.
    • Frumenty was often the first dish on the menu of a medieval English feast.

Forms of fermenty

pluralfermenties

Questions about fermenty

What is fermenty the alternative form of?
Fermenty is the alternative form of frumenty.
How do you pronounce fermenty?
Fermenty is pronounced /ˈfɜː.mən.ti/ (UK).

Words near fermenty in the dictionary

  1. fermentome
  2. fermentomes
  3. fermentor
  4. fermentors
  5. ferments
  6. fermenty
  7. fermeture
  8. fermetures
  9. Fermeuse
  10. fermi
  11. Fermi bubble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fermenty (page history and authors); frumenty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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