spicerie
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French espicerie; equivalent to spicer + -ie or spice + -erie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spicerie (plural spiceries)
- A spice or spices; ground substances used as flavouring:
- Spices used for their scents, aromas, or smells.
- Spices used for their (purported) medical effects.
- Spices used for the embalmment dead bodies.
- Spices considered as a trade good.
- A branch of a wealthy estate ensuring the provision or victualling of food.
- A delicious or tasty food or meal.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “spīcerī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.