confectionery, confectionary, candy store
(noun) a confectioner’s shop
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confectionary (not comparable)
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
Prepared as a confection.
confectionary (countable and uncountable, plural confectionaries)
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fec"tion*a*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.]
Definition: A confectioner. [Obs.] He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.
Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a.
Definition: Prepared as a confection. The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 October 2024
(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
