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wafery

Today it means: A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers. Full definition →

Middle English waaffery

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wafery · noun¹

Middle English · inherited fromwaaffery
English todaywafery

From Middle English waaffery, probably from wafre + -ie (equivalent to wafer + -y). Compare Medieval Latin wafria, French wafrie.

wafery · adjective²

From wafer + -y.

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