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marzipan (iou)



marzipan noun & adjective. . L15.
[German, earlier marcipan alt. (as if from Latin Marci panis Mark's bread) of marczapan from Italian marzapane.]
A. noun. A paste of ground almonds, sugar, etc., made up into small cakes or used as a coating on large cakes; a cake or shaped piece of this. L15.
B. adjective. Dainty, superfine. L16-M17.
Comb.: marzipan layer Finance (colloq.) the (tier of) executives ranking immediately below the partners in a firm.
marzipanned adjective covered with marzipan L20.