sugar candy

¹

noun

1. a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
2. a person or thing that is pleasing.

sugar-candy

²

[ 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

noun

1. Also calledrock 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

It is extremely soluble in water, and can be obtained in large transparent prismatic crystals, as in common sugar-candy.

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Is Sharpe's small article like a bit of sugar-candy, too, Ellen?

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Dr Pereira recommends the addition of sliced lemon and sugar-candy, to render it more palatable.

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Sugar dissolved in water, and permitted to evaporate, yields crystals of sugar-candy.

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The French workmen employ a ground of Armenian bole, mixed with powdered sugar-candy, by means of white of egg.

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