English Explanatory Dictionary

wafery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
adj
  1. Like a wafer (especially, thin, brittle, light).
  2. Sliced very thinly. (of bread)

Word forms

wafery more wafery most wafery

Etymology

From Middle English waaffery, probably from wafre + -ie (equivalent to wafer + -y). Compare Medieval Latin wafria, French wafrie.

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