spicerie
Middle English
Alternative forms
- spicerye, spycery, spycerye, specerie, spisorie, spiceriȝe
Etymology
From Old French espicerie; equivalent to spicer + -ie or spice + -erie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiːˈsɛːriː(ə)/, /ˈspiːsəriː(ə)/
Noun
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
- English: spicery
- Scots: spicerie
References
- “spīcerī(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.