English Explanatory Dictionary

porringer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge.
  2. A headdress shaped like such a dish.

Word forms

porringer porringers

Etymology

From Middle English paroger, porrynger, a variant of potager, potynger (“small dish for stew”), apparently from potage + -er, with intrusive n before g as in messenger and passenger. Compare poddinger and later porridge.

Synonyms

poddinger pottinger

Derived words

porringerful
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