Turkish delight

See also: turkish delight

English

Etymology

Allegedly coined by an English traveller who could not pronounce the Ottoman Turkish name راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), 18th c.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)kɪʃ dɪˈlaɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

Turkish delight (usually uncountable, plural Turkish delights)

  1. A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.
    Synonyms: locoum, loukoumi, lumps of delight
    • 1930, Dorothy Sayers, Strong Poison:
      Bunter thanked him gravely for his good opinion, and proffered a box of that equally nauseating mess called Turkish Delight, which not only gluts the palate and glues the teeth, but also smothers the consumer in a floury cloud of white sugar.

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References

  1. ^ Victoria Combe (3 May 2003), “Sweet little history”, in The Telegraph[1], retrieved 11 September 2017

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