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congee

noun
/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/US/ˈkɒndʒi/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from canje
  2. derived from *kañci✻
  3. derived from കഞ്ഞി
  4. derived from கஞ்சி

Definitions

  1. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)

  2. Formal dismissal

    Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

    • So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.

  3. Formal leavetaking

    Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.

    2. A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at…

      A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

      • As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].
      • … I therefore, at this time, shall only add this advice to you, under and by the leave of my lord;’ (and with that he made Diabolus a very low congee;) …
      • So saying, he bowed with a thousand apish congês, and presented his paper to Peregrine […].

    3. To give congee, (particularly)

    4. To take congee

      To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.

    5. To make a congee

      To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

    6. A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

      • In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA