simnel cake

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter. countable,uncountable

词形变化

simnel cakes plural

词源

From Middle English simenel (also simle), from Old French simenel (“fine wheat flour; flat bread cake, Lenten cake”), probably by dissimilation from Vulgar Latin *siminellus, a diminutive of Latin simila (“fine flour”) (see semolina). Compare also Middle Dutch semel, Middle Low German semele.
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