different between congree vs congee
congree
English
Etymology
From con- + Latin gratus (“pleasing”). Compare agree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?????i?/, /k?????i?/
Verb
congree (third-person singular simple present congrees, present participle congreeing, simple past and past participle congreed)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To agree.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, scene 2
- For government though high and low and lower,
Put into parts, doth keep in one consent,
Congreeing in a full and natural close,
Like music.
- For government though high and low and lower,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, scene 2
Anagrams
- cogener
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congee
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?nd?i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nd?i?/
Etymology 1
From Old French congié (modern congé), from Latin comme?tus (“passage, permission to leave”), from comme? (“I go and come”), from con- + me? (“I go, I pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.
Alternative forms
- conge [16th-17th c.]
- congé [from 18th c.]
Noun
congee (plural congees)
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
- (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figuratively) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- So courteous conge both did giue and take,
With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.
- So courteous conge both did giue and take,
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) any farewell.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
- (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 96:
- So saying, he bowed with a thousand apish congês, and presented his paper to Peregrine […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 96:
Derived terms
- give congee
- take congee
Verb
congee (third-person singular simple present congees, present participle congeeing, simple past and past participle congeed)
- (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
- (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
- (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
- (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
Etymology 2
From Tamil ????? (kañci), via Portuguese.
Alternative forms
- conjee
Noun
congee (usually uncountable, plural congees)
- (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
Synonyms
- rice porridge; rice congee (hypercorrect)
- (Chinese English): porridge
Hyponyms
- (Korean, Thai contexts): jook, juk
- (Chinese contexts): zhou
Derived terms
- rice congee
See also
- (Portuguese): canja
Translations
See also
- Thesaurus:dim sum
References
- "congee | congé, n.²" & "v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1891.
Anagrams
- negoce
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