gruel
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əl noun
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French, Old French, equivalent to gru- (< Germanic; see grout) + -el diminutive suffix
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French, Old French, equivalent to gru- (< Germanic; see grout) + -el diminutive suffix
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| —n | |
| a drink or thin porridge, made by boiling meal, esp oatmeal, in water or milk | |
| [C14: from Old French, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Gruel
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
gruel
1199, from O.Fr. gruel, from Frank. *grut (cf. M.Du. grute "coarse meal, malt;" M.H.G. gruz "grain"); gruelling "exhausting, punishing," first recorded 1891, from late 18c. slang get one's gruel "receive one's punishment."
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Example sentences
He recalls the cup of thin gruel at mealtime, a soup so watered down that he could count the grains of rice.
She was told she was working for national glory but received only watery gruel as recompense.
The other staple of their existence is a gruel made from the sago palm.
In the end, the nourishing material far outweighs the thinner gruel.
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