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‖ dragée|draʒe|
Also erron. dragé.
[F. = sweetmeat, comfit: see dredge n.2]
‘A sugar plum or sweetmeat in the centre of which is a drug; intended for the more pleasant administration of medicinal substances’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). In modern use not restricted to sweetmeats serving as a vehicle for drugs; often a sugared almond. Also attrib. and transf.
1853C. Brontë Villette III. xxi. 48 He was fond of bon⁓bons..and..would give his ‘dragées’ as freely as he lent his books. 1866Pharmaceut. Jrnl. Ser. ii. VII. 374 A medicine called Cod-liver Dragés. 1870Ibid XI. 543 On the Continent..[they] keep genuine dragées of various strengths..of rhubarb, aloes, and other simple and compound pills. 1905A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love iii. iii. 249 Alice wanted to buy him some sweets... I asked him if he would like dragées. 1958Observer 14 Sept. 11/3 Make-up in delicate dragée tones. |