# posset
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps from Welsh posel. A connection to Latin pōsca (medieval/dialectal poscada) has also been suggested.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒsɪt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈpɑsɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

posset (plural possets)
* A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:I have drugged their possets.
* A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
** 2008, Miriam Stoppard, Complete Baby and Childcare: Everything You Need to Know for the First Five Years, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, →ISBN:Some people will tell you that this position may allow inhalation of posset, but there is no evidence to support this.
** 2012, Dave Hill, Man Alive, Hachette UK, →ISBN:Derek saw that a smear of posset had appeared on the left shoulder of his jacket [...] He smiled softly at Charlotte and said softly, 'I've been puked on.'
** 2014, Nick Harper, Help! I'm a Dad: All a new dad needs to know about the difficult first few months, Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:While a little posseting is nothing to be worried about, a lot of posset is more likely to be 'reflux'.
* A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavoring, such as lemon.
** 2022 October 4, America's Test Kitchen, The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2023: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show Along with Product Ratings Includes the 2023 Season, America's Test Kitchen, →ISBN, page 939:LEMON POSSET / WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS : The classic English dessert lemon posset transforms cream, sugar, and lemon into a lush pudding with clean citrus flavor. It is the easiest dessert you've never made. […]

#### Translations
### Verb

posset (third-person singular simple present possets, present participle posseting, simple past and past participle posseted)
* (obsolete) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
    to posset the blood
* To treat with possets; to pamper.
** 1908, Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale:Nevertheless, as she laid him in bed and posseted him, how frail and fragile he looked!
* (of a baby) To vomit up curdled milk.
** 1990, Miriam Stoppard, The New Baby Care Book, →ISBN:Some babies never posset at all. Others do so with surprising ease, and this can be quite a cause of concern to parents.
** 2003, Pearson Education, Limited, Baby's First Year, Pearson South Africa →ISBN, page 23
    All babies posset.
** 2012, Andy Raffles, Felicity Fine, Harriet Sharkey, Yehudi Gordon, Mother and Baby Health: The A-Z of pregnancy, birth and beyond, Random House, →ISBN, page 421:It's also common for babies to 'posset' - bring up small amounts of milk after a feed - and to vomit occasionally.

#### Synonyms

* (pamper): coddle, cosset, pamper; see also Thesaurus:pamper

#### Derived terms

* sneck posset
* give a sneck posset

### References

* “posset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* T poses, T-poses, e-stops, estops, pestos, posest, posets, ptoses, stoeps, stopes

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpos.set/, [ˈpɔs̠ːɛt̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpos.set/, [ˈpɔsːet̪]

### Verb

posset
* third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of possum "he would be able (to)"