comfit

com·fit (k

t, k

A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.

[Middle English confit, from Old French, from Latin cnfectum, thing prepared, neuter past participle of cnficere, to prepare : com-, com- + facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

comfit [ˈkʌmfɪt ˈkɒm-]

(Cookery) a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed

[from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect]

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Noun	1.	comfit - candy containing a fruit or nut confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar
Verb	1.	comfit - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" confection, confect assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

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comfit

n (old) → Konfekt nt, → Zuckerwerk (old) nt

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assemble Comfiture confect confection confetti confiture discomfit discomfited marzipan piece put together set up Sweet tack tack together	"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context I liked bonbons too in those days, Miss Eyre, and I was croquant--(overlook the barbarism)--croquant chocolate comfits, and smoking alternately, watching meantime the equipages that rolled along the fashionable streets towards the neighbouring opera-house, when in an elegant close carriage drawn by a beautiful pair of English horses, and distinctly seen in the brilliant city-night, I recognised the'voiture' I had given Celine. Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context	comedy comedy ballet comedy of manners Comelily comeliness comely Comenius comer Comer Vann Woodward Comes Comessation comestible comestibles comet Comet-finder comet-like Cometarium Cometary Comether Cometic Cometographer Cometography Cometology comeupance comeuppance comfit Comfiture comfort comfort eating comfort food comfort station comfort stop comfort woman comfort zone comfortable Comfortableness comfortably comforted comforter comforting comfortingly comfortless Comfortment Comfortress comforts comfrey comfy comic comic book comic opera comic relief	COMEWS COMEX COMEX COMEXSTRIKGRU COMF CoMFA COMFAC COMFAIRCARIB COMFAIRELM COMFAIRKEFLAVIK COMFAIRMED COMFAIRWESTPAC COMFAIRWING-NORLANT COMFAR COMFER COMFET COMFEWSG ComFi comfier comfiest COMFIFTHFLT comfily comfiness COMFISC COMFISCS comfit COMFITAEWWINGPAC COMFITMATAEWWINGSLANT Comfits Comfiture COMFITWING COMFITWINGONE COMFITWINGPAC COMFIVEATAF COMFLDCOM DNA COMFLDCOMDASA COMFLEACT COMFLEATRACENLANT comfort comfort comfort Comfort blanket comfort care comfort care comfort chart comfort control Comfort Cooling Tower comfort curve comfort eating Comfort Fit System comfort food comfort food Comfort Foods Comfort Foods comfort index comfort index

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Comfiture
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confection
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confiture
discomfit
discomfited
marzipan
piece
put together
set up
Sweet
tack
tack together

"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.

The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes.

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context

I liked bonbons too in those days, Miss Eyre, and I was croquant--(overlook the barbarism)--croquant chocolate comfits, and smoking alternately, watching meantime the equipages that rolled along the fashionable streets towards the neighbouring opera-house, when in an elegant close carriage drawn by a beautiful pair of English horses, and distinctly seen in the brilliant city-night, I recognised the'voiture' I had given Celine.

Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

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