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单词 dragée
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dragée

[ dra-zhey ]
/ dræˈʒeɪ /

noun

a sugarcoated nut or candy.
a small, beadlike piece of candy, usually silver-colored and used for decorating cookies, cake, and the like.
a sugarcoated medication.

Origin of dragée

1850–55; <French; Old French dragee, dragie<Medieval Latin drageia<Medieval Greek *dragéa, for Greek tragḗma sweetmeat, dried fruit

Words nearby dragée

drag, drag bunt, drag chain, drag coefficient, drag down, dragée, dragger, dragging, dragging piece, draggle, draggle-tail
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British Dictionary definitions for dragée

dragée
/ (dræˈʒeɪ) /

noun

a sweet made of a nut, fruit, etc, coated with a hard sugar icing
a tiny beadlike sweet used for decorating cakes, etc
a medicinal formulation coated with sugar to disguise the taste

Word Origin for dragée

C19: from French; see dredge ²
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Medical definitions for dragée

dragée
[ drä-zhā ]

n.

A small, often medicated candy.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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