CONFECTION

confection, concoction

(noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

sweet, confection

(noun) a food rich in sugar

confect, confection, comfit

(verb) make into a confection; “This medicine is home-confected”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

confection (plural confections)

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.

The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.

The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.

(dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

(dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.

(pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

Verb

confection (third-person singular simple present confections, present participle confectioning, simple past and past participle confectioned)

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*fec"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. confectio.]

1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. Bacon.

2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. Bacon.

3. A composition of drugs. Shak.

4. (Med.)

Definition: A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Note: The pharmacopoeias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition