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furmity

UK/ˈfɜːmɪti/US/ˈfɝmɪti/

furmity 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 furmity

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

Words near furmity in the dictionary

  1. furmenty
  2. furmethoxadone
  3. furmety
  4. furmint
  5. furmints
  6. furmity
  7. furn
  8. furnace
  9. Furnace Creek
  10. furnaced
  11. furnaceless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: furmity (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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