n.
A soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water or milk.
[Alteration of POTTAGE (influenced by obsolete porray, vegetable soup , from Middle English porreie , from Old French poree, leek soup , from por, leek , from Latin porrum).]
porridgy por'ridg·y adj.
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