alphenic Pharm.
(ælˈfɛnɪk)
Also 7 -ix.
[a. Fr. alphenic (Sp. alfeñique, Pg. alfenim), according to Devic, corrupted from Arab. alfānīd, i.e. al the + Pers. fānīd refined sugar. Other adaptations of the same word were Fr. pénide and med.L. penidium.]
White barley sugar, or sugar candy.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 172 To be retained in the mouth like so much Alphenix. 1775 Ash, Alphenic, White barley sugar. 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Alphanic, Alphenic, an Arabian word for barley-sugar, or sugar-candy. |