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loukoumi en · NOUN

Etymology

From Greek λουκούμι (loukoúmi), from Ottoman Turkish لوقوم (lokum). Doublet of lokum.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Turkish delight.
   • He proffered the box of loucoumi and Riquiqui in her turn dug out a cube of Turkish delight and wolfed it, licking the powder off her talons, before dusting her shift to remove the last traces of it. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 445:
   • The spread of supermarkets now means that you can get loukoumi from Siros in supermarkets throughout Greece. 2010, John S Bowman et al., Frommer's Greece, page 27:

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