lekvar

lek·var

[lek-vahr]
noun Hungarian Cookery.
a soft, jamlike spread made of sweetened prunes or apricots.

Origin:
1955–60; < Hungarian lekvár jam, marmalade < Slovak, by-form of Czech lektvar electuary < Middle High German la(c)twārje, latwērge (German Latwerge) < Old French leitüaire, laitüaire < Late Latin ēlēctuārium electuary

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lekvar

noun
a sweet filling made of prunes or apricots 
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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