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Webster 1913 Edition

Pottage

Pot′tage

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[F.
potage
, fr.
pot
pot. See
Pot
, and cf.
Porridge
,
Porringer
.]
A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge.
[Written also
potage
.]
Chaucer.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and
pottage
of lentils.
Gen. xxv. 34.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pottage

POT'TAGE

,
Noun.
Broth; soup. [See Potage, the more correct orthography.]

Definition 2024

pottage

pottage

English

Noun

pottage ‎(plural pottages)

  1. (now archaic or regional) A thick soup or stew.
    • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, page 328:
      He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, Old French potage, from pot + -age.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /'pɑtədʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑtədʒ

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