sugar-candy

¹

[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

²

noun

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

2. a person or thing 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

Example Sentences

At the bottom of the list, along with chewy sugar candies, are pure sugar candies such as lollipops, Jolly Ranchers, gummies and Smarties.

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Millennial and Generation X households with children are the biggest fans of Valentine’s sugar candy, according to IRI, a global market research firm.

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After dinners, the family would sit in the open terrace with bowls of dried apricots, and pistachios, sugar candies, and a big samovar of black tea.

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One of the challenges has the cash-strapped contestants on the show carving out the symbol etched into a brittle sugar candy called dalgona without cracking the whole piece or risk being shot by masked enforcers.

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There was also a laptop computer, a litigation bag with the FBI insignia in yellow, and a box of maple sugar candies—acorns, wee pilgrims, in fluted paper cups.

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