fricassee
[ frik-uh-see ]
/ ˌfrɪk əˈsi /
noun
meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
verb (used with object), fric·as·seed, fric·as·see·ing.
to prepare as a fricassee.
Origin of fricassee
1560–70; < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of
fricasser to cook chopped food in its own juice, probably equivalent to
fri(re) to
fry1 +
casser to break, crack (< Latin
quassāre to shake, damage, batter); compare, however, dial.
fricâssié, perhaps with a reflex of Vulgar Latin
*coāctiāre, verbal derivative of Latin
coāctus compressed, condensed, past participle of
cōgere; see
cogent
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British Dictionary definitions for fricassee
fricassee
/ (ˌfrɪkəˈsiː, ˈfrɪkəsɪ, ˈfrɪkəˌseɪ) /
noun
stewed meat, esp chicken or veal, and vegetables, served in a thick white sauce
verb -sees, -seeing or -seed
(tr)
to prepare (meat) as a fricassee
Word Origin for fricassee
C16: from Old French, from
fricasser to fricassee; probably related to
frire to
fry
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