sugar-candy noun & adjective. [ʃʊgǝ'kandi] LME.
[Old French sucre candi from Arab. sukkar SUGAR noun + &kdbelow;andī candied, from &kdbelow;and candy from Persian from Sanskrit khaa piece, fragment, from kha- break.]
A. noun.
1. Sugar clarified and crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation. LME.

2. fig. Something sweet, pleasant, or delicious. L16.
b. adjective. Sugary, sweet. L16.

■ sugar-candied adjective coated with sugar L16.

■ sugar-candyish adjective resembling sugar-candy M19.

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