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marzipan

(mär′zi pan′, märt′si-; -pän′)

noun

a confection of ground almonds, sugar, and egg white made into a paste and variously shaped and colored

Origin: Ger < It marzapane, confection, earlier, the small box containing it, small dry measure, certain weight < ML matapanus, Venetian coin with figure of Christ on a throne < Ar mauthaban, seated king (< wathaba, to sit)

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noun

A confection made of ground almonds or almond paste, egg whites, and sugar, often molded into decorative shapes.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , from Italian marzapane, container of a standard size, marzipan

Origin: , from obsolete Italian, fine box for rare coins or comfits

Origin: , perhaps from Arabic mawīabān, king on the throne, Byzantine coin with enthroned Christ figure

Origin: , perhaps from Aramaic mawtəbā, mawtəbānā, seat, throne

Origin: , from yəteb, to sit; see wīb in Semitic roots

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