Succade
/səˈkeɪd/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Candied citrus peel (or, less commonly, other preserves). countable, uncountable
"He rootes of Borage and Buglosse soden tender , and made in a succade , doth ingender good blode"
- 2 fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals wordnet
- 3 A sweetmeat. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"I found two Pots of very good Succades, or Sweet-meats."
Example
More examples"He rootes of Borage and Buglosse soden tender , and made in a succade , doth ingender good blode"
Etymology
From Middle English socade, from Middle French succade (“sweet candied fruit”), sucrade, from Old Occitan sucrado (“sweet, sugary, sugared”), from past participle of sucra (“to sugar”), from sucre (“sugar”), from Old Italian zucchero. (See zucchero for additional etymology.)