See Also: baphomet(medicine)

marzipan (iou) and baphomet (medicine)


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.

baphomet (medicine)


baphomet


An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

Origin: A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, OPg. Mafameda.

Source: Websters Dictionary