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comfit

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com·fit  (kmft, km-)
n.
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-]
n
(Cookery) a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed
[from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comfit - candy containing a fruit or nut
confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar
Verb1.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"
Translations
comfit
n (old) → Konfekt nt, → Zuckerwerk (old) nt


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"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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