fricassee
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See also: fricassée
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌsi/, /fɹɪ.kəˈsiː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noun[edit]
fricassee (plural fricassees)
- Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.
- 1729, Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal:
- I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.
Translations[edit]
meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy
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Verb[edit]
fricassee (third-person singular simple present fricassees, present participle fricasseeing, simple past and past participle fricasseed)
- (transitive, cooking) To cook meat or poultry in this manner.
- 1999, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Essays 1999, Black Inc., →ISBN, page 16:
- Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]
Translations[edit]
to cook meat or poultry in this manner
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
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