English Explanatory Dictionary

confectionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
  2. Prepared as a confection.
noun
  1. A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
  2. A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
  3. Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).
  4. One who makes confections; a confectioner.
  5. Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).

Word forms

confectionary confectionaries

Etymology

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.

Related words

confect confection confectionery confectioner
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