Fricassee

//ˈfɹɪ.kəˌsi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.

    "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."

  2. 2
    pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cook meat or poultry in this manner. transitive

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    make a fricassee of by cooking wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).

Etymology 2

From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).

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