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literary | confection |

As a adjective literary

is relating to literature.

As a noun confection is

a food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

As a verb confection is

to make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

literary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to literature.
  • literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
  • * Johnson
  • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
  • Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
  • a literary man
  • * Mason
  • in the literary as well as fashionable world
  • Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  • Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  • Bookish.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theory

    Anagrams

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    confection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
  • The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections .
  • The act or process of confecting; the process of making]], compounding, or [[prepare, preparing something.
  • The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
  • The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.
  • (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
  • (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, seen as very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also seen as impractical or non-utilitarian.
  • * 2007 , , Primal Desires
  • She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.
  • (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
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