Covered with or containing cream; resembling cream in appearance or consistency.
From a- (in a state of) + cream, from Old French creme (cream), possibly from Vulgar Latin *cramum. The a- prefix indicates a condition of being creamy.
Imagine old recipe books calling a sauce 'acream' instead of 'creamy'—it's a poetic and now archaic way to describe that luxurious, rich, pale-colored texture!
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