English Explanatory Dictionary

brewis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal

Pronunciation

/bɹuːɪs/

Word forms

brewis brewises

Etymology

Old French broez, brouez, brouets plural of broet, brouet (French brouet ‘gruel’), from breu, from *brodittum, a diminutive of vulgar Latin *brodum, from Germanic *brod ‘sauce’ (English broth).

Derived words

fish and brewis
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