muscovado
[ muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah- ]
/ ˌmʌs kəˈveɪ doʊ, -ˈvɑ- /
noun
raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
Also
muscavado.
Origin of muscovado
1635–45; (< Spanish (
azúcar)
mascabado) < Portuguese (
açúcar)
mascavado, past participle of
mascavar to separate raw sugar, earlier
meoscabar, reduced form of
menoscabar to belittle, detract from, cognate with Spanish
menoscabar to diminish, reduce < Vulgar Latin
*minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin
minus smaller, less (see
minus) + Vulgar Latin
*-capāre, derivative of
*capum, for Latin
caput head; cf.
achieve,
mischief
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British Dictionary definitions for muscovado
muscovado
muscavado
/ (ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ) /
noun
raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses
Word Origin for muscovado
C17: from Portuguese
açúcar mascavado separated sugar;
mascavado from
mascavar to separate, probably from Latin