confection
noun/kənˈfekʃn/
/kənˈfekʃn/
- (formal) a cake or other sweet food that looks very attractive
- a thing such as a building or piece of clothing, that is made in a way that is complicated or shows skill
- Her hat was an elaborate confection of satin and net.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘something made by mixing’, especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n-), from conficere ‘put together’, from con- ‘together’ + facere ‘make’.
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