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   confection

   /kənˈfɛkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an elaborate sweet dish or delicacy: "a fruit confection"
   • ▪ an elaborately constructed thing, especially a frivolous one: "his elaborate pop confections"
   • ▪ an elaborate article of women's dress: "Therese was magnificent in a swirling confection of crimson"
   • 2. the action of mixing or compounding something: "the confection of a syllabub"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the general sense ‘something made by mixing’, especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n-), from conficere ‘put together’ (see confect).

   Derivatives

   • 1. confectionary adjective

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