loukoum
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Fig-paste.
Examples
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Ran loads of errands including: submitting my complete dossier for the carte de séjour, buying loukoum, cassis, wine, bread, and fixing my curtains.
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So far my supply of (or at least demand for) loukoum has been so constant that it warranted buying a special container for them -- my celebratory splurge on discovering that I finally got the pay advance I'd requested.
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The kaffeji, in loose white garments and a fez, presently brought out a polished brass tray, bearing the requisite number of tiny cups and two little white saucers filled with pieces of loukoum-rahat, the Turkish national sweetmeat, commonly called by schoolboys fig-paste.
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Not for me the image of the noble Sphinx or pyramids of Giza but the syrupy recollection of baklava and camel-emblazoned boxes of perfumed, sugar-dusted loukoum.
Note
The word 'loukoum' may be a shortening of a phrase borrowed from Arabic meaning 'throat's-ease'.
