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Congee

noun
1.
A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast.  Synonym: jook.
2.
(architecture) a concave molding.  Synonym: conge.
3.
Formal permission to depart.  Synonym: conge.
4.
An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal.  Synonym: conge.
verb
1.
Depart after obtaining formal permission.
2.
Perform a ceremonious bow.  Synonym: conge.





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"Congee" Quotes from Famous Books



... of four guineas, some shillings and half-pence, and a bundle of customers' measures, which they swore were bank-notes. They did not shoot him, and when they rode off he addrest them with profound gratitude, making a congee: "Gentlemen, I wish you good night, and we are very much obliged to you that you have not used us ill!" And this is the cuckoo that has had the audacity to foist upon me ten buttons on a side and a black velvet collar—A damn'd ninth ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas
... rendezvous, and 'dilettante' and 'vogue' sometimes are printed in italics. Among other words which have been borrowed at various times and more or less naturalized, but which are now being driven out of the language, are the following: confrere, congee, cortege, dishabille, distrait, ensemble, fete, flair, mellay (now melee), nonchalance, provenance, renconter, &c. On the other hand, it is satisfactory to note that 'employee' appears to be ...
— Society for Pure English, Tract 3 (1920) - A Few Practical Suggestions • Society for Pure English


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