premices

See also: prémices

English

Etymology

From French prémices, Latin primitiae. See primitia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/, /ˈpɹiːmɪsɪz/
• Homophone: premises

Noun

premices pl (plural only)

1. (obsolete) First fruits.
   • 1693, John Dryden, An Essay on Satire:

     a charger, or large platter, was yearly filled with all sorts of fruits, which were offered to the gods at their festivals, as the premices, or first gatherings .

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “premices”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)