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marzipan

[ mahr-zuh-pan ]

noun

  1. a confection made of almonds reduced to a paste with sugar and often molded into various forms, usually diminutive fruits and vegetables.


marzipan

/ ˈmɑːzɪˌpæn /

noun

  1. a paste made from ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites, used to coat fruit cakes or moulded into sweets Also called (esp formerly)marchpane


adjective

  1. informal.
    of or relating to the stratum of middle managers in a financial institution or other business

    marzipan layer job losses

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Word History and Origins

Origin of marzipan1

1535–45; < German < Italian marzapane. See marchpane

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Word History and Origins

Origin of marzipan1

C19: via German from Italian marzapane. See marchpane

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Example Sentences

Those few women, such as Kopit Levien, who have made it through the marzipan layer to the head of their organizations, are in a position to change entrenched cultures for the benefit of the next generation of female media professionals.

From Digiday

No chocolate or marzipan egg can touch the allure of a fluffy, perfectly baked bebinca.

From Eater

Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.

Marzipan Flowers tells the story of Hadas Regal, a 48-year-old woman living on a kibbutz in southern Israel.

Tal Kallai is a gay man who does drag, playing a coke-dealing and fast-talking transgender woman in ‘Marzipan Flowers.’

These pricey objects with their eye-popping profit margins were gussied up and served up like marzipan sweets.

Big lumps of solid gold, what'll buy a whole shopful of toys, and tons of best London mixture and marzipan.

In the evening, while I was absent, Lola stole some Marzipan.

Roll out the marzipan an inch thick and cut into rounds or squares.

So it was from the burnt almonds and the two sticks of marzipan.

For when we were in the street Father asked me: Why did Hella say that about marzipan?

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