confectoryn.
Anglicized form of Latin confectōrium ‘slaughtering-place of beasts’: given by Ogilvie as = confectionery n. 3.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† confectoryadj.
Obsolete.
= confective adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [adjective]
confectory1648
confectionary1669
tutti-frutti1898
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iv. cxxvii. 50 In which the wanton Might Of confectory Art indeavoured how To charm all Tasts to their sweet Overthrow.
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