porray

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noun

A medieval pudding or stew of leeks and other vegetables (and sometimes meat) simmered in fresh almond milk and/or meat broth.

OriginMiddle English porrey ← Old French poree ← Latin porrum →
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Meanings

noun
  1. dialectalA medieval pudding or stew of leeks and other vegetables (and sometimes meat) simmered in fresh almond milk and/or meat broth.

Origin

  1. Latinporrum“leek(s)”
  2. Old Frenchporee“leek soup”
  3. Middle Englishporrey
  4. Englishporray

From Middle English porrey, from Old French poree (“leek soup”), diminutive of por (“leek”), from Latin porrum (“leek(s)”). Doublet of porret.

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