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Webster 1913 Edition
Confectionary
Con-fec′tion-a-ry
,Noun.
[Cf. LL.
confectionaris
a pharmacist.] A confectioner.
[Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be
confectionaries
, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.
Con-fec′tion-a-ry
,Adj.
Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or
confectionary
plum. Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confectionary
CONFECTIONARY
, CONFECTIONER,Noun.
Definition 2024
confectionary
confectionary
English
Adjective
confectionary (not comparable)
- Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
- confectionary wares
- Prepared as a confection.
- 1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60
- Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
- 1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60
Translations
relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
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Noun
confectionary (plural confectionaries)
- A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
- (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
- (dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
- 1986, Penny Hayes, The Long Trail, ISBN 0930044762, page 184:
- They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.
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- (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
- He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.
- (uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
Related terms
References
- confectionary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913