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confection

Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/

Translate confection | into Italian

Definition of confection

noun

1an 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 [mass noun] the action of mixing or compounding something:the confection of a syllabub

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)