marchpane
[ mahrch-peyn ]
/ ˈmɑrtʃˌpeɪn /
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Origin of marchpane
1485–95; <French, dialectal variant of massepain, marcepain<Italian marzapane, originally sugar-candy box, perhaps <Arabic mawthabān a seated king
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C15: from French
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