confection

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.

   She found a sexy, lacy confection in a lingerie drawer and quickly slipped into it.

4. 4
   noun

   the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

5. 5
   noun

   a food rich in sugar

6. 6
   verb

   to make into a confection

7. 7
   noun

   The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.

8. 8
   noun

   An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

Etymology

From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.