congee

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
5. (Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

Verb

1. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To give congee, (particularly)
2. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To give congee, (particularly)
3. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
4. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

Synonyms

conge

rice gruel

gruel

porridge

jook

expulsion

firing

kowtow

little

removal

riddance

rustication

sacking

separation

siftings

suspension

dislodgment

dismission

abstraction

separationism

cakes

censure

disengagement

excision

Translations

canja

Congee

congee

caveto

destitución

permiso de salida

arroz congee

Reis-Congee

arroz caldo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: congie

Cognate with French: congé

In summary

From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“I go and come”), from con- + meō (“I go, I pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.