farina
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nə noun
1.
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
2.
Chiefly British. starch, especially potato starch.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin farīna meal, flour, equivalent to far emmer + -īna, feminine of -īnus -ine1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin farīna meal, flour, equivalent to far emmer + -īna, feminine of -īnus -ine1
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| —n | |
| 1. | flour or meal made from any kind of cereal grain |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) starch, esp prepared from potato flour |
| [C18: from Latin fār spelt, coarse meal] | |
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Farina
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Word Origin & History
farina
late 14c., from L. farina "ground wheat, flour, meal," from far (gen. farris) "grits, a kind of grain."
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Example sentences
When he has nothing else he eats the farina, as it is called, by the handful.
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