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posset

UK /ˈpɒsɪt/US /ˈpɑsɪt/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 2

noun3

•
A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
- I have drugged their possets. — 1606
•
A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavorings, such as lemon.
- When the posset was brought forth, he turned himself into a bear, and frightening them away, had it all to himself. — 1850
•
A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
- Some people will tell you that this position may allow inhalation of posset, but there is no evidence to support this. — 2008

verb3

•
To vomit up curdled milk.
- Some babies never posset at all. Others do so with surprising ease, and this can be quite a cause of concern to parents. — 1990
•
To treat with possets; to pamper.
- Nevertheless, as she laid him in bed and posseted him, how frail and fragile he looked! — 1908
•
(no longer used) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
- […] And with a sodaine vigour it [Hebenon, a poison] doth posset / And curd, like Aygre [vinegar] droppings into Milke, / The thin and wholsome blood: […] — 1599

forms

posseted · posseting · possets

Phrases with posset

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