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furmenty

UK/ˈfɜː.mən.ti/US/ˈfɝ.mən.ti/

furmenty 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.

Questions about furmenty

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

Words near furmenty in the dictionary

  1. furls
  2. Furman
  3. furmecyclox
  4. furmeet
  5. furmeets
  6. furmenty
  7. furmethoxadone
  8. furmety
  9. furmint
  10. furmints
  11. furmity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: furmenty (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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