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posset

[ pos-it ]

noun

  1. a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.


posset

/ ˈpɒsɪt /

noun

  1. a drink of hot milk curdled with ale, beer, etc, flavoured with spices, formerly used as a remedy for colds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of posset1

1400–50; late Middle English poshote, possot < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of posset1

C15 poshoote, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

If she was running short on time, she would make posset because she always had cream hanging around.

I went to bed with a posset, being very melancholy in consideration of the loss of my hearing.

“Never saw I such a brat among all I have brought into the world,” old Posset quavered.

Her head ached, she said, but she declined the hot posset, and only asked to be left quiet.

Et generaliter ad omnia facienda que ipse constituens posset facere si adesset.

Says she, 'Did you drink any sleepy posset either of these evenings before you went to bed?' '

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