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alphenic

alphenic noun: white barley sugar.

Noun

alphenic (countable and uncountable, plural alphenics)

  1. (rare) White barley sugar
    • There was Patella — wise as any owl — promising to cure me with his "Alphenic" ; but him I quickly showed the door; for here (laying his hand on the book), in here, I found this learned word is Arabic for sugar-candy!1881, I.M.L.W., The bag of gold
    • The white sugar, or alphenic, is its best quality.1980, Tien-kung-kai-wu, page 189

Forms of alphenic

pluralalphenics

Origin of alphenic

From French alphénic, alfénic, from Spanish alfeñique, from Arabic فَانِيد (fānīd), from Persian پانید (pânid, “sugar candy”).

Questions about alphenic

What does alphenic mean?
Alphenic means white barley sugar.
What part of speech is alphenic?
Alphenic is a noun.
What is the plural of alphenic?
The plural of alphenic is alphenics.

Words near alphenic in the dictionary

  1. alpheids
  2. Alpheius
  3. Alphen aan den Rijn
  4. Alphen-Chaam
  5. alphenal
  6. alphenic
  7. alphenics
  8. Alpherat
  9. Alpheratz
  10. alphette
  11. alphettes

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