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simnel cake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
sim-nel -cake
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English simenel (also simle), from Old French simenel (“fine wheat flour; flat bread cake, Lenten cake”), probably by dissimilation from Vulgar Latin *siminellus, a diminutive of Latin simila (“fine flour”) (see semolina). Compare also Middle Dutch semel, Middle Low German semele.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

simnel cakes (plural)

Phrases

Simnel Sunday

Synonyms

simlin simnel

Questions

What does simnel cake mean?
A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.
Where does simnel cake come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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