posset C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈpɑsɪt/ UK /ˈpɒsɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a hot drink of milk curdled with wine or ale, formerly used as a remedy She brewed a spiced posset to soothe his cough. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a hot drink of milk curdled... caudlenegus Etymology AI details From Middle English poshet, possot, of uncertain origin; possibly from Old French, though the ultimate source is obscure. poshet Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # posset **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɑsɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒsɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a hot drink of milk curdled with wine or ale, formerly used as a remedy ## Examples - She brewed a spiced posset to soothe his cough. ## Synonyms - caudle - negus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: poshet ## Etymology From Middle English poshet, possot, of uncertain origin; possibly from Old French, though the ultimate source is obscure. ## AI Etymology Posset comes from Middle English poshet, possot, of uncertain origin; possibly from Old French, though the ultimate source is obscure. The historical chain includes Middle English poshet. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word posset carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a hot drink of milk curdled with wine or ale, formerly used as a remedy". The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown