marmalade English · revision 1665

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmɑː.mə.leɪd/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmɑɹ.mə.leɪd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|marmelade]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|pt|marmelada|t=quince jam]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''marmelo'' “quince”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) an alteration of [[la|melimelum|t=a kind of sweet apple]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|grc|μελίμηλον|tr=melímēlon]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[af|grc|μέλι|μῆλον|tr1=méli|tr2=mêlon|t1=honey|t2=apple]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A preserve made by boiling fruit, originally quinces, with sugar (1524).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th century the word was extended to preserves made from citrus fruit,^(Etymonline) and it now usually means a jelly of oranges or other citrus fruit with pieces of rind.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Merriam-Webster dates the word only to about 1676.^(MW Collegiate) The verb, to spread with marmalade, is from the 1960s (1963 in Etymonline, 1967 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1524 – a quince preserve.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1530s – Etymonline's date.^(Etymonline)

+ * 17th century – citrus preserves.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1926 – the color of marmalade.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1963 – verb (Etymonline, 1967 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A clear, jellylike [[preserve]] made from the pulp and [[rind]] of fruit, especially citrus fruit such as [[orange|alt=oranges]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To spread with marmalade.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quince]]

+ * [[mellifluous]]

+ * [[jam]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}