sugar candy

¹

noun

1. a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.

2. a person or thing that is pleasing.

sugar-candy

²

[shoog-er-kan-dee]

adjective

1. excessively sweet; saccharine.

   sugar-candy stories in family magazines.

2. pertaining to or characteristic of someone or something that is pleasing.

sugar candy

noun

1. Also called: rock candy. large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee

2. confectionery; sweets

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar candy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400