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fru⋅men⋅ty

  [froo-muhn-tee]
–noun British Dialect.
a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
Also called furmity.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME frumentee < OF, equiv. to frument grain (< L frūmentum) + -ee -y 3
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fru·men·ty   (frōō'mən-tē)   
n.   pl. fru·men·ties also fur·mi·ties
Hulled wheat boiled in milk and flavored with sugar and spices.

[Middle English frumente, from Old French froumentee, from froument, grain, from Latin frūmentum.]
fur·mi·ty   (fûr'mĭ-tē)   
n.  Variant of frumenty.
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