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furmety

UK/ˈfɜːmɪti/US/ˈfɝmɪti/

furmety 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 furmety

What is furmety the alternative form of?
Furmety is the alternative form of frumenty.
How do you pronounce furmety?
Furmety is pronounced /ˈfɜːmɪti/ (UK).

Words near furmety in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: furmety (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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