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Webster 1913 Edition


Fricassee

Fric′as-seeˊ

,
Noun.
[F.
fricassée
, fr.
fricasser
to
fry
,
fricassee
; cf. LL.
fricare
, perh. for
frictare
,
fricare
,
frictum
, to rub. Cf.
Fry
,
Friction
.]
(Cookery)
A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.

Fric′as-seeˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fricasseed
;
p. pr. &. vb. n.
Fricasseeing
.]
To dress like a fricassee.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fricassee

FRICASSEE'

,
Noun.
[L. frigo.]
A dish of food made by cutting chickens, rabbits or other small animals into pieces, and dressing them in a frying pan, or a like utensil.

FRICASSEE'

,
Verb.
T.
To dress in fricassee.

Definition 2024


fricassee

fricassee

See also: fricassée

English

Noun

fricassee (plural fricassees)

  1. meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.

Translations

Verb

fricassee (third-person singular simple present fricassees, present participle fricasseeing, simple past and past participle fricasseed)

  1. (transitive) to cook meat or poultry in this manner

Translations


Italian

Noun

fricassee f

  1. plural of fricassea

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