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figgy

figgy

8 8.8
A warm dessert made with figs and spices
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪɡi/
  • UK
translation icon : pudín de higo
  • During the holidays, it is tradition to serve figgy pudding with our family meal.
  • figgy pudding

Examples

Synonyms

pudding
vsfiggy
  • UK
79 1.0

A sweet dish served at the end of a meal

is a narrower informal dessert made from one fruit and served warm

How Figgy

figgy
  • UK
8 8.8
pudding
  • UK
24 1.0

Surface Forms

figgy singular
figgies plural

Morphology

figgy = fig (transparent) = fig + y

The word is formed transparently from 'fig' plus '-y', meaning made with or having figs.

Etymology

Figgy as a dessert comes from the old treat 'figgy pudding', a warm pudding made with figs and spices that people served at holidays. So calling a dessert a figgy means it is a sweet pudding or cake made with figs.