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.
