e·lec·tu·ar·ynoun
pl. -·ar·iesOrigin of electuary
Middle English electuarie from Late Latin electuarium from Classical Greek ekleikton from ekleichein, to lick out from ek-, out + leichein, to lick
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noun
pl. e·lec·tu·ar·iesOrigin of electuary
Middle English electuarie from Late Latin ēlēctuārium probably alteration of Greek ekleikton from ekleikhein to lick up ek- out ; see eghs in Indo-European roots. leikhein to lick ; see leigh- in Indo-European roots.
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(plural electuaries)
From Latin electuarium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleikton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleikhō, “I lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leikhō, “I lick”).
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n.
pl. electuaries
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