confection
noun
[ kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• an elaborate sweet dish or delicacy.
• "a fruit confection"
• the action of mixing or compounding something.
• "the confection of a syllabub"
Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘something made by mixing’, especially a medicinal preparation): via Old French from Latin confectio(n- ), from conficere ‘put together’ (see confect).
