dragée

[dra-zhey]

noun

a sugarcoated nut or candy.

a small, beadlike piece of candy, usually silver-colored and used for decorating cookies, cake, and the like.

a sugarcoated medication.

Origin of dragée

1850–55; < French; Old French dragee, dragie < Medieval Latin drageia < Medieval Greek *dragéa, for Greek tragḗma sweetmeat, dried fruit

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British Dictionary definitions for dragee

dragée

noun

a sweet made of a nut, fruit, etc, coated with a hard sugar icing

a tiny beadlike sweet used for decorating cakes, etc

a medicinal formulation coated with sugar to disguise the taste

Word Origin for dragée

C19: from French; see dredge ²

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dragee in Medicine

dragée

[drä-zhā′]

n.

A small, often medicated candy.