succade

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/səˈkeɪd/

noun

Candied citrus peel (or, less commonly, other preserves).

Similar
sucketcandied fruitcrystallized fruit
OriginMiddle English socade ← Middle French succade ← Old Occitan sucrado →
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Meanings

nounsuccade (countable and uncountable, plural succades)

plural succades

  1. countableuncountableCandied citrus peel (or, less commonly, other preserves).

    He rootes of Borage and Buglosse soden tender , and made in a succade , doth ingender good blode

    1542, Andrew Boorde, Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableA sweetmeat.

    I found two Pots of very good Succades, or Sweet-meats.

    1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
sucket

nounfruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals

Similar
candied fruitcrystallized fruit
Broader
confiture
Also see
candied fruitcrystallized fruitsucket

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Italianzucchero
  2. Old Occitansucrado“sweet, sugary, sugared”
  3. Middle Frenchsuccade“sweet candied fruit”
  4. Middle Englishsocade
  5. Englishsuccade

From Middle English socade, from Middle French succade (“sweet candied fruit”), sucrade, from Old Occitan sucrado (“sweet, sugary, sugared”), from past participle of sucra (“to sugar”), from sucre (“sugar”), from Old Italian zucchero. (See zucchero for additional etymology.)

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Translations

Danish sukat
  • sukatcandied citrus peel
Dutch sukade
  • sukadecandied citrus peel
Finnish sukkatti
  • sukkatticandied citrus peel
French citronnat
  • citronnatcandied citrus peel
German Zitronat, Citronat
  • Zitronatcandied citrus peel
  • Citronatcandied citrus peel
  • Orangeatcandied citrus peel
  • Sukkadecandied citrus peel
  • Succadecandied citrus peel
  • Aranzinicandied citrus peel
Icelandic súkkat
  • súkkatcandied citrus peel
Polish cykata
  • cykatacandied citrus peel
Russian цука́ты
  • цука́ты (cukáty)candied citrus peel
Swedish suckat
  • suckatcandied citrus peel

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with succade

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

succade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succade

MLA

“succade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “succade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/succade.

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