congee
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkɒndʒiː/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French congié (modern congé), from commeatus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeo (“I go and come”), from con- + meo (“I go, I pass”)
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Noun [edit]
congee (plural congees)
- (obsolete) Formal departure, ceremonial leave-taking.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- So courteous conge both did giue and take, / With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (archaic) A bow.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
- As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous [...].
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “My daughter Rebecca, so please your Grace,” answered Isaac, with a low congee, nothing embarrassed by the Prince’s salutation, in which, however, there was at least as much mockery as courtesy.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Tamil, perhaps via Portuguese.
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia congee (usually uncountable; plural congees)
- (Asian cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
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Translations [edit]
a type of rice porridge
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