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gingerbread

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16
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20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/
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/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/ · /ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/

Definition of gingerbread

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
  2. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable)Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
    “For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach to the design of houses, emphasizing clean, uncluttered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.”

verb

  1. (idiomatic, transitive, uncommon)To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.

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Etymology

From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal…

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From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), with the intrusive m added to gingiber, from Latin zingiber (“ginger”), of earlier Sanskrit origin, through Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis). The third syllable was earlier confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word: ginger + bread.

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