fumet (countable and uncountable, plural fumets)
A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
Alternative form of fumette (stench or high flavour of meat)
fumet
The dung of deer, hares, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"met, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fumier dung, OF. femier, fr. L. fimus dung.]
Definition: The dung of deer. B. Jonson.
Fu"met Fu*mette", n. Etym: [F. fumet odor, fume of wine or meat, fr. L. fumus smoke. See Fume, n.]
Definition: The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
