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can⋅dy
[kan-dee] 
noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc. |
| 2. | a single piece of such a confection. |
| 3. | Slang. cocaine. |
| 4. | someone or something that is pleasing or pleasurable, usually in a superficial way (often used in combination): eye candy. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots. |
| 6. | to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger. |
| 7. | to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down. |
| 8. | to coat with sugar: to candy dates. |
| 9. | to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to become covered with sugar. |
| 11. | to crystallize into sugar. |
Origin:
1225–75; ME candi, sugre candi candied sugar < MF sucre candi; candi ≪ Ar qandī < Pers qandi sugar < Skt khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
1225–75; ME candi, sugre candi candied sugar < MF sucre candi; candi ≪ Ar qandī < Pers qandi sugar < Skt khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
Related forms:
can⋅dy⋅like, adjective
Can⋅dy
[kan-dee] –noun
| a female given name. |
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| can·dy (kān'dē) n. pl. can·dies
v. tr.
[Middle English candi, crystallized cane sugar, short for sugre-candi, translation of Old French sucre candi and Old Italian zucchero candi, both from Arabic sukkar qandīy : sukkar, sugar + qandīy, candied (from qand, cane sugar, probably from Dravidian kaṇṭu, lump).] |
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Candy
Can"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az['u]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[.n][.d]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][.d], kha[.d] to break.]1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. 2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. 3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. --Drayson.Candy
Can"dy\, v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. 2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.Candy
Can"dy\ n. [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.] A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.Candy
Candy\, n. [Mahratta kha[.n][.d][=i], Tamil ka[.n][.d]i.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
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Language Translation for : Candy
Spanish:
caramelo, golosina, dulce,
German:
der Kandiszucker,
Japanese:
氷砂糖
candy
1274, from O.Fr. sucre candi "sugar candy," from Arabic qandi, from Pers. qand "cane sugar," probably from Skt. khanda "piece (of sugar)," perhaps from Dravidian (cf. Tamil kantu "candy," kattu "to harden, condense"). Eye-candy is first recorded 1984, based on a metaphor also found in nose candy "cocaine" (1930). Candyass is from 1950s; candy-striper is 1960s, so called from design of her uniform.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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