Meaning & use
Posset
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A hot drink of sweetened and spiced milk curdled with ale or wine, historically used as a remedy for colds; today often a thick, creamy dessert.
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Grandmother swore by a warm posset to cure any winter cold.
The restaurant serves a lemon posset topped with fresh berries.
A note on using this word
A medieval English word that survives today mainly as the name of a tangy, chilled dessert popular in British cooking.
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