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marchpane

[ mahrch-peyn ]
/ ˈmɑrtʃˌpeɪn /
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noun
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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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British Dictionary definitions for marchpane

marchpane
/ (ˈmɑːtʃˌpeɪn) /

noun
an archaic word for marzipan (def. 1)

Word Origin for marchpane

C15: from French
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