Posset

Quick meaning: Posset is a noun meaning A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.

Meaning

A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.

More Meanings

1. A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
2. A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavorings, such as lemon.
3. To treat with possets; to pamper.
4. (of a baby) To vomit up curdled milk.
5. (obsolete) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.

Example Sentences

to posset the blood

I have drugged their possets.

Nevertheless, as she laid him in bed and posseted him, how frail and fragile he looked!

While a little posseting is nothing to be worried about, a lot of posset is more likely to be 'reflux'.

Word Forms

• possets
• posseting
• posseted

Synonyms for posset

Depending on context, synonyms include coddle, cosset, pamper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sack, egghot, posca, premix, pottage, postmix.

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