单词 | confectionary |
释义 | confectionaryadj.n. A. adj. Of the nature of a confection, comfit, or sweetmeat; of or pertaining to confections or confectioners' work. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [adjective] confectory1648 confectionary1669 tutti-frutti1898 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 104 The Galenical Shop-Cordials, and their other Confectionary Medicaments. 1790 W. Cowper On Receipt Mother's Picture 61 Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 234 The..unnameable confectionary doings over which she presided. 1861 Sat. Rev. 41 489/2 The peculiarly vulgar stone reredos—ill copied, in a confectionary spirit. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > a poisonous mixture or preparation > preparer of confectionary1605 confectioner1606 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing confectionery > [noun] > confectioner confectioner1591 comfit-maker1594 candier1598 confectionary1605 confectioness1640 dulciary1657 peel-maker1844 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Xx3v Wee make a few poesies, to hould in our hands, but no man bringeth them to the confectionary, that Receits mought be made of them for vse of life. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. viii. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers. View more context for this quotation a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iv. 233 He was..a Cook, or Confectionary. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iv. 298 The woman..was an excellent Confectionary, very cunning in poisons. 2. A place where confections are kept or prepared.But some take quot. 1605 at sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] > place where confections made confectionary1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 261 My selfe, Who had the world as my Confectionarie. View more context for this quotation] 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xxii. 585 The Confectionarie or Closet of sweet meats. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xix. 207 Here, ladies, are the keys of the stores; of the confectionary; of the wine-vaults. 1839 Mrs. Gore in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 6 650 The confectionary of the convent of Sancta Benedicta. 3. A confectionary preparation; a sweetmeat. ΘΚΠ 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 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 23 Aboue all iunquetries or confectionaries whatsoeuer. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 102 Sugar..to be made use of in Confectionaries, Physick, and the like. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. iv. 48 Ever and anon she..insisted upon his taking some particular confectionary, because it was a favourite of her own. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1599 |
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