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ˌfrɪk əˈsifric·as·see

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fricasseeverb

    pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings

  2. fricasseeverb

    make a fricassee of by cooking

    "fricassee meats"

Wiktionary

  1. fricasseenoun

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

  2. fricasseeverb

    to cook meat or poultry in this manner

  3. Etymology: From fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FRICASSEEnoun

    A dish made by cutting chickens or other small things in pieces, and dressing them with strong sauce.

    Etymology: French.

    Oh, how would praise their dancing dogs,
    Their stinking cheese, and fricacy of frogs!
    He’d raise no fables, sing no flagrant lye,
    Of boys with custard choak’d at Newberry. King.

Wikipedia

  1. Fricassee

    Fricassee or fricassée is a stew made with pieces of meat that have been browned in butter then served in a sauce flavored with the cooking stock. Fricassee is usually made with chicken, veal or rabbit, with variations limited only by what ingredients the cook has at hand.

ChatGPT

  1. fricassee

    A fricassee is a type of cooking method which is a combination of stewing and frying, typically used for meat or poultry. It involves cutting the meat into pieces, browning it in butter or oil, then simmering it in a liquid such as broth or wine, along with various seasonings and often vegetables. The dish is then usually thickened with cream or egg yolk.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fricasseenoun

    a dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy

  2. Etymology: [F. fricasse, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry, Friction.]

Wikidata

  1. Fricassee

    Fricassee or fricassée is a method of cooking meat in which the meat is cut up, sautéed, and braised, and served with its sauce, traditionally a white sauce.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fricassee

    frik-as-sē′, n. a dish made of fowl, rabbit, &c. cut into pieces and cooked in sauce.—v.t. to dress as a fricassee:—pr.p. fricassee′ing; pa.p. fricasseed′. [Fr. fricassée; origin unknown.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fricassee in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fricassee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fricassee in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal":

    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 fricassee, or a ragout.

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