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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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Gruel
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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.
- 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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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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