confectionary
/kənfˈɛkʃənˌɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.19 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
adj
Prepared as a confection.
noun
A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "confectionary wares"
- "Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;"
- "After the dishes of meat were removed, a dessert of Arabian fruits, confectionaries and sweetmeats was served: among the latter was the date bread."
- "They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream."
- "And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers."
- "Maigre Dishes, dishes used by Roman Catholics on the days when the Church forbids flesh-meats; comprehending fish and vegetable pies and soups, puddings, fruit-pies, egg-dishes, omelets, fritters, macaroni, all preparations of fish, cheese-dishes, fish-sausages, and all creams, jellies, and confectionary, also dressed vegetables, pickles, and preserves."
Etymology
From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. By surface analysis, confection + -ary.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cōnfectiōnārius, cōnfectiō