An archaic or rare form meaning a confection, made sweet, or a sweet preparation or preserve.
Variant spelling from Old French confecture, from Latin confectura (a making or preparation). This Middle English spelling preserves an older form that was eventually standardized to 'confection.'
Words like 'confecture' show up in 16th-century English texts, revealing that spelling wasn't standardized yet—multiple versions of the same word competed until printers and dictionaries gradually selected one dominant form.
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