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por⋅ridge

[pawr-ij, por-]
–noun
a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.

Origin:
1525–35; var. of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage


por⋅ridge⋅like, adjective
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por·ridge   (pôr'ĭj, pŏr'-)   
n.  A soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water or milk.

[Alteration of pottage (influenced by obsolete porray, vegetable soup, from Middle English porreie, from Old French poree, leek soup, from por, leek, from Latin porrum).]
por'ridg·y adj.
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porridge 
c.1532, "soup of meat and vegetables," alteration of pottage, influenced by M.E. porreie, from O.Fr. poree "leek soup," from por "leek," from L. porrum "leek." Association with oatmeal is 1643, first in Scottish.
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