conge, congee
(noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
conge, congee
(noun) formal permission to depart; “he gave me his conge”
conge, congee
(noun) (architecture) a concave molding
congee, jook
(noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
congee, conge
(verb) perform a ceremonious bow
congee
(verb) depart after obtaining formal permission; “He has congeed with the King”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
congee (plural congees)
Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
(obsolete, Scottish) 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.
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.
congee (usually uncountable, plural congees)
(Asian cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
• rice porridge; rice congee (hypercorrect)
• (Chinese English): porridge
• (Korean, Thai contexts): jook, juk
• (Chinese contexts): zhou
• negoce
Source: Wiktionary
Con"gee, n. & v.
Definition: See Congé, Conge. [Obs.]
And unto her his congee came to take. Spenser.
Con*gee", n.
1. [Tamil kashi boilings.]
Definition: Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]
2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. -- Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
