单词 | marchpane |
释义 | marchpanen.adj. Now archaic and historical. A. n. 1. Originally: a flat disc of marzipan mounted on wafers and usually decorated with motifs made from similar paste or other materials (by the 18th cent. often iced with sugar and mounted on a rich fruit cake, esp. a bridecake). Subsequently: a cake or sweet made of marzipan; = marzipan n. 1a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > paste confections > piece of marzipan marchpanea1513 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxiv A March payne garnysshed with dyuerse fygures of Aungellys. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 13 The Duke sent to the Pilgryms gret basons full of Marchepanys. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vii. 25 Wylde honey and locustes hathe he preferred before the martspaines and other swete delycates of kynges. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxii. 723 Marchpanes are made of very little flower, but with addition of greater quantitie of filberdes, pine nuts, pistaces, almonds, and rosed sugar. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tourte For a Sugar'd Pan-pie..take five or six Biskets, Marchpanes, or Macaroons [etc.]. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 288 Begin by covering the whole of the base with a layer of marchpans. 1882 C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. I. 254 All the ladies and serving women were called on to concoct pasties.., cakes and marchpanes. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 151/2 Polish Honey Cakes, Marchpanes, and Chocolate. 2003 home.comcast.net 23 July (O.E.D. Archive) Although the sources I had suggest that a marchpane is a large flat cake, I chose to make individual cookies for ease of serving and eating. 2. A thick paste whose main ingredients are ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar cooked together, used as an ingredient or eaten on its own as a sweet; = marzipan n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > paste confections pastya1398 paste royal?c1425 marchpane1556 marzipan1583 paste1591 paste of Genoa1615 almond paste1622 jemello1688 1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Oiiij/1 Deyntie dysshes, as marche-payne, tartes, &c. bellaria. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. vi. 167/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Marchpaine wrought with no small curiositie. 1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J2v The silke wel couth she twist and twine, And make the fine Marchpine. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 8 Saue me a peece of March-pane . View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1660) 93 To make the best Marchpane, take the best Jordan Almonds. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) The Paste in that which they call the Royal March-Pane. 1848 J. Oxenford tr. J. W. von Goethe Autobiogr. (Bohn) I. 64 The tarts, biscuits, marchpane and sweet wine. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 151/2 Marchpane and other cakes and confectionery made with honey. 1901 Board of Trade Jrnl. 11 July 84 The edible article known variously as ‘marchpane’, ‘marzipan’, or ‘marcipan’, which consists of..flour, sugar, almonds, &c., made in fancy forms..is..dutiable. 1972 ‘J. Melville’ Ironwood iii. 50 I wanted to cheer him up. I had some bags of montelimar and marchpane. ΚΠ 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. 5 Rayling was the Ypocras of the drunken rimester: and Quipping the Marchepane of the madde libeller. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G3 Mor... I was then esteemd—— Phi. The very Marchpane of the Court I warrant? a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe iv. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo3/2 You are very curious of your hand..let me see it; I marry, here's a hand of march-pane. a1652 R. Brome City Wit iv. ii. sig. E6v, in Five New Playes (1653) You have your Kickshaws, your Players Marchpaines; all shew and no meat. B. adj. 1. Made of marzipan; resembling or suggestive of marzipan. ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1355/1 A verie statelie tragedie named Dido, wherein the queenes banket..was liuelie described in a marchpaine patterne. ?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. B4v To make an excellent marchpane paste, to print oft in moldes for banqueting dishes. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2771 Candid eringoes, and rich marchpaine stuffe. 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour iii. 83 If I may I will eat one of those capital little marchpane cakes with it. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] chisa700 estfula1000 esquaymous1303 squeamousc1325 overnicec1350 curiousc1380 dangerousc1386 delicatea1393 preciousc1395 nicec1400 skigc1400 over-delicatea1425 daintethc1430 ticklec1456 quaint1483 dauncha1500 pickinga1500 feat?1529 elegant?1533 queasy1545 fine1546 fine-fingered1549 fastidious?1555 fine-mouthed1559 chary1567 weamish1571 saucy1573 dainty1576 superfine1576 niced1577 overcurious1579 nicing1581 fineish1582 prick-me-dainty1583 daint1590 finical1592 tiptoe-nice1593 nice1594 nicking1598 choice1601 squeamish1608 marchpane1609 hypercritical1611 particular1616 finicking1661 overcritical1667 just so1696 penurious1703 fal-lal1747 ogertful1754 nackety1756 quiddling1789 pernickety1808 pershittie1808 taffety1814 hypercritic1820 faddy1824 finicky1825 meticulous1827 daintified1834 squeamy1838 picksome1855 choosey1862 picky1867 hyperaesthetic1879 persnickety1885 précieux1891 perskeet1897 tasty1905 Nice Nelly1922 perfectionist1942 snicketya1960 perfectionistic1968 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. G2 A plaine wench loues plaine dealing, ile vpon my selfe, smel to march paine wench. View more context for this quotation 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable v. sig. Ii What would you've done With two such March-pane husbands? a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccclxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 192 Let not these Marchpane follies Dull your Sence To better rellish. 1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles i. i. 9 A Boy—A Novice—A Marchpane Toy for Green-Ey'd Girles to play with. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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