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Definition congee
Etymology 1
From Old French congié (modern congé), from Latin comme?tus (“passage, permission to leave”), from comme? (“I go and come”), from con- + me? (“I go, I pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French.
Noun
congee (plural congees)
- Leave, formal permission for some action, originally and particularly:
- (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figuratively) any dismissal, (originally and particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
- (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figuratively) any farewell.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
- (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
Verb
congee (third-person singular simple present congees, present participle congeeing, simple past and past participle congeed)
- (archaic) To give congee, particularly
- (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
- (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., particularly (dialectical) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
Etymology 2
From Tamil ????? (kañci), perhaps via Portuguese.
Noun
congee (usually uncountable, plural congees)
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