† conˈditement Obs.
[f. condite v.1 + -ment.]
1. = condiment, seasoning, spice. Also fig.
| a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 10 A scholar can have no taste of natural philosophy without some conditement of the mathematics. |
† 2. ‘A composition of conserves, powders, and spice, made up in the form of an electuary, with a convenient quantity of syrup’ (Phillips 1696). Obs.
| Hence in Bailey, Johnson, and mod. Dicts. |