molasseses
ɪz noun
a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
Origin:
1575–85; earlier molassos, molasso(e)s < Portuguese melaços, plural of melaço (< Late Latin mellācium half-boiled new wine, for *mellāceum, neuter of *mellāceus honeylike, equivalent to mell-, stem of mel honey + -āceus -aceous)
1575–85; earlier molassos, molasso(e)s < Portuguese melaços, plural of melaço (< Late Latin mellācium half-boiled new wine, for *mellāceum, neuter of *mellāceus honeylike, equivalent to mell-, stem of mel honey + -āceus -aceous)
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| —n | |
| 1. | the thick brown uncrystallized bitter syrup obtained from sugar during refining |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): treacle a dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar |
| [C16: from Portuguese melaço, from Late Latin mellāceum must, from Latin mel honey] | |
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Word Origin & History
molasses
1582, from Port. melaço, from L.L. mellaceum "new wine," properly the neut. of mellaceus "resembling honey," from L. mel (gen. mellis) "honey." Adopted in Eng. in plural form, but regarded as a singular noun.
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