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pottage

[pot-ij]

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noun

a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English potage < Old French: literally, something in or from a pot¹; see -age

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pottage (ˈpɒtɪdʒ)

—n
	a thick meat or vegetable soup

[C13: from Old French potage contents of a pot, from potpot¹]

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pottage

early 13c., lit. "that which is put in a pot," from O.Fr. potage "soup," from pot "pot" (see pot (1)).

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