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turkish delight

Turk·ish de·light
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tur-kish dih-lahyt]
    • /ˈtɜr kɪʃ dɪˈlaɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tur-kish dih-lahyt]
    • /ˈtɜr kɪʃ dɪˈlaɪt/

Definitions of turkish delight words

  • noun turkish delight a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar. 1
  • noun turkish delight confectionery 1
  • variable noun turkish delight Turkish delight is a jelly-like sweet that is covered with powdered sugar or chocolate. 0
  • noun turkish delight a jelly-like sweet flavoured with flower essences, usually cut into cubes and covered in icing sugar 0
  • noun turkish delight a kind of candy consisting of cubes of a flavored jellylike substance covered with powdered sugar 0

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Origin of turkish delight

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Turkish delight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

turkish delight popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

turkish delight usage trend in Literature

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