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  • sugar candy
    sugar candy
    noun
    a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
  • sugar-candy
    sugar-candy
    adjective
    excessively sweet; saccharine.
Synonyms

sugar candy

1 American  

noun

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

  2. a person or thing that is pleasing.

sugar-candy 2 American  
[shoog-er-kan-dee] / ˈʃʊg ərˌkæn di /

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 British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of sugar candy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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