Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - candy
Candy
candy
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 (in full sugar-candy) sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation. 2 US sweets; a sweet. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (usu. as candied adj.) preserve by coating and impregnating with a sugar syrup (candied fruit). Etymology: F sucre candi candied sugar f. Arab. kand sugar
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I. noun (plural candies) Etymology: Middle English sugre ~, part translation of Middle French sucre candi, from Old French sucre sugar + Arabic qandī candied, from qand crystallized sugar Date: 15th century crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup, 2. a confection made with sugar and often flavoring and filling, a piece of such confection, something that is pleasant or appealing in a light or frivolous way , ~ adjective II. verb (candied; ~ing) Date: 1533 transitive verb to encrust in or coat with sugar, to make attractive ; sweeten, to crystallize into sugar, intransitive verb to become coated or encrusted with sugar crystals ; become crystallized into sugar ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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