noun
- a hot drink made of milk curdled with wine or ale, often sweetened and spiced
Usage: archaic; historical
verb
- to curdle or coagulate
Usage: archaic; transitive
Examples
- The medieval recipe called for a warm posset before bedtime.
- She prepared a traditional posset with wine and spices for the holiday feast.
- The old cookbook contained instructions for making a healing posset.
- In Shakespeare’s time, a posset was considered both nourishing and medicinal.
- The milk began to posset when the wine was added.
- Heat will posset the cream if added too quickly.