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This week’s words
folkmoot
qualm
pastillage
psalm
pointillage

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(PAH-stee-ahj)

MEANING:

noun: A sugar paste that’s molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French pastillage (a small figure made of sugar), from pastille (lozenge), from Spanish pastilla (candy), from Latin pasta (dough). Earliest documented use: 1883.

USAGE:

“A wedding cake, covered in a soft ivory fondant, and a series of pale pink camellias, beautifully formed out of pastillage.”
Linda W. Yezak; Cat Lady’s Secret; Harbourlight; 2014.

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