ˈpȯrij, ˈpär-, -rēj noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by Middle English porray, a kind of pottage, from Middle French poree, from Medieval Latin porrata, from Latin porrum leek + Late Latin -ata -ade) of pottage
1. : a soup of meat and vegetables often thickened with barley or other cereal
2. : a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
oatmeal porridge
bean porridge
3. : hodgepodge
contemporary playwrights … produce only the thinnest porridge when they turn to undramatic prose — John Mason Brown