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fewmet

fewmet is the alternative spelling of fumet.

Meaning of fumet

Noun (1)

fumet (countable and uncountable, plural fumets)

  1. A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
  2. A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.

Noun (2)

fumet

  1. The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.
    • The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old.1780, Nicholas Cox, The Huntsman, page 57

Forms of fewmet

pluralfewmets
alternative formfumet
alternative formfumers

Origin of fewmet

Apparently from Anglo-Norman *fumets, from Latin fumāre (“it smokes, steams”). Attested since the fifteenth century. Compare fumet, apparently from French fumier (“dung”).

Questions about fewmet

What is fewmet the alternative spelling of?
Fewmet is the alternative spelling of fumet.

Words near fewmet in the dictionary

  1. fewfold
  2. Fewkes
  3. fewl
  4. fewls
  5. fewly
  6. fewmet
  7. fewmets
  8. fewness
  9. fewnesses
  10. fewnomial
  11. fewnomials

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fewmet (page history and authors); fumet (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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