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:
1. Spices used for their scents, aromas, or smells.
2. Spices used for their (purported) medical effects.
3. Spices used for the embalmment dead bodies.
4. 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.

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