confection
/kənˈfɛkʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.48 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
noun
The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
noun
An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
Dated
noun
Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
Dated
noun
A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections."
- "The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police."
- "Her gown was a marvelous confection of lace and tulle."
- "She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it."
- "Was it not a goodly poison that he gave! Why, he's as well now as he was before. It shuld have been some fine confection That might have given the broth some dainty taste"
Etymology
From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficiō (“prepare”), from con- (“with”) + faciō (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, confect + -ion. Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰeh₁-, confescioun, confeccion, confectio