confituren.
A confection.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > delicacy or titbit
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morselc1390
confection1393
delicec1405
delicacya1425
delicatea1475
friandise1484
deliciositiesa1500
daintive1526
junket1538
knack1548
daintrel1575
cate1578
pulpament1600
gaudy1622
regalo1622
daint1633
titbita1641
scitament1656
regale1673
knick-knack1682
nicety1704
bonne bouche1721
diablotin1770
sunket1788
regalement1795
confiture1802
bon-bon1821
sock1825
delicatessen1853
good things1861
tiddlywinks1893
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun]
confection1393
sweetmeat?a1500
junkery1509
conceit1525
banqueta1533
junketry1599
sweet1660
spice1674
knick-knack1682
confectionery1769
confiture1802
candy?1809
knick-knackery1813
mithai1824
dulce1834
sweet-stuff1835
bouchées1846
ket1979
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet
dredgec1350
confection1393
sugar-meat1586
trinket1587
confectionary1599
soot-meat1614
dulcid1694
sweetie1721
goody-goody1745
bon-bon1796
confiture1802
candy?1809
sweetmeat1812
sucker1823
dulce1834
lokum1845
goody1847
sweet1851
dragée1853
lolly1854
1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 67 Patisserie, omelette, confitures &c. succeed in slow rotation.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan (Berg MS.) in A. Nicholson Don Juan Cantos XIV & XV MS. (1995) 85 But even—sans ‘confitures’ [1824 printed comfitures], it no less true is—There's pretty picking in those ‘petits puits’.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 117 Choice wines, and liqueurs, and delicate confitures.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xvi. 237 Cates and confitures.
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxv. 120 M. Emanuel..would have given a large order for ‘jambon’ and ‘confitures’.
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