speculoosn.

Brit.

/ˈspɛkjᵿləʊs/, U.S.

/ˈspɛk(j)əˌloʊs/

Forms: 1900s– speculaas, 1900s– speculoos, 1900s– spekulaas, 1900s– spekuloos.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch speculaas, speculoos.

Etymology: < Dutch speculaas, regional (Belgium) speculoos (late 19th cent. or earlier), variants of speculatie flat spiced biscuits in the shape of figures or images, (formerly also) colourful sweets with images on icing (both 18th cent.), of uncertain origin, perhaps a specific use of speculatie observation, reflection, imagination, (formerly also) well-being (see speculation n.), although the semantic motivation is debated. Compare ( < Dutch) French regional (Walloon) spéculos, spéculoos (1925), (Montois) spéculation (1870), German Spekulatius (1848 or earlier, originally regional (western)), all denoting a kind of spiced biscuit, and also German regional (Low German: East Friesland) Spekelaatsje kind of sweet with coloured icing (1857 or earlier). For a fuller discussion of the etymology, including alternative suggestions, see F. De Tollenaere 1983 (in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 522–30). Compare the following slightly earlier example of Dutch speculaas in an English context:1896 Report on Condition of Trade, Shipping, & Industry 243 For Brussels and Antwerp they made and delivered two steam-power engines for making ʻspeculaasʼ (a sort of biscuits).

Thin, crunchy, spiced biscuits of a type popular in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Austria. Also: one of these biscuits.Speculoos, which are usually shaped in flat moulds or stamped with relief images of people, animals, rural or festive motifs, etc., are traditionally baked around Christmas time.

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1901 P. M. Hough Dutch Life in Town & Country x. 123 First they sit round the table which stands in the middle of the room under the lamp, and partake of tea and speculaas, until their own ‘surprises’ begin to arrive.

1929 Daily Globe (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 Dec. 5/5 There are speculoos, a Flemish dainty of the ginger-biscuit type.

1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 30 May (Food section) 1 Accompanying the cups of Mocha are Speculaas, windmill-shaped spice cookies, and a few nibbles of fine Dutch chocolates.

2003 Guardian 30 Oct. (Flanders Food Suppl.) 2/3 Speculoos are another Belgian classic. Basically, buttery brown-sugar biscuits with a sprinkling of cinnamon and cloves shaped in wooden moulds.

2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 May (Travel section) 1 Me, at my little round table, nibbling a speculoos, sipping my café crème.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	speculoos
释义	speculoosn. Brit. /ˈspɛkjᵿləʊs/, U.S. /ˈspɛk(j)əˌloʊs/ Forms: 1900s– speculaas, 1900s– speculoos, 1900s– spekulaas, 1900s– spekuloos. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch speculaas, speculoos. Etymology: < Dutch speculaas, regional (Belgium) speculoos (late 19th cent. or earlier), variants of speculatie flat spiced biscuits in the shape of figures or images, (formerly also) colourful sweets with images on icing (both 18th cent.), of uncertain origin, perhaps a specific use of speculatie observation, reflection, imagination, (formerly also) well-being (see speculation n.), although the semantic motivation is debated. Compare ( < Dutch) French regional (Walloon) spéculos, spéculoos (1925), (Montois) spéculation (1870), German Spekulatius (1848 or earlier, originally regional (western)), all denoting a kind of spiced biscuit, and also German regional (Low German: East Friesland) Spekelaatsje kind of sweet with coloured icing (1857 or earlier). For a fuller discussion of the etymology, including alternative suggestions, see F. De Tollenaere 1983 (in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 522–30). Compare the following slightly earlier example of Dutch speculaas in an English context:1896 Report on Condition of Trade, Shipping, & Industry 243 For Brussels and Antwerp they made and delivered two steam-power engines for making ʻspeculaasʼ (a sort of biscuits). Thin, crunchy, spiced biscuits of a type popular in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Austria. Also: one of these biscuits.Speculoos, which are usually shaped in flat moulds or stamped with relief images of people, animals, rural or festive motifs, etc., are traditionally baked around Christmas time. ΚΠ 1901 P. M. Hough Dutch Life in Town & Country x. 123 First they sit round the table which stands in the middle of the room under the lamp, and partake of tea and speculaas, until their own ‘surprises’ begin to arrive. 1929 Daily Globe (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 Dec. 5/5 There are speculoos, a Flemish dainty of the ginger-biscuit type. 1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 30 May (Food section) 1 Accompanying the cups of Mocha are Speculaas, windmill-shaped spice cookies, and a few nibbles of fine Dutch chocolates. 2003 Guardian 30 Oct. (Flanders Food Suppl.) 2/3 Speculoos are another Belgian classic. Basically, buttery brown-sugar biscuits with a sprinkling of cinnamon and cloves shaped in wooden moulds. 2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 May (Travel section) 1 Me, at my little round table, nibbling a speculoos, sipping my café crème. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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