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comfit

[ kuhm-fit, kom- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

comfit

/ ˈkʌmfɪt; ˈkɒm- /

Origin of comfit¹

1300–50; Middle English confit < Middle French < Latin confectum something prepared. See confect

Origin of comfit¹

C15: from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect

I had always, from earliest childhood, been outrageously fond of this delicate comfit.

Dora took courage beneath the caressing hand: "I like to be a comfit to mother best," she vouchsafed, brightly daring.

Of these early ordinaries the earliest known to be licensed goes as far back as 1634, when Samuel Cole, comfit-maker, kept it.

Comfit boxes—Boxes divided into compartments in which were rare spices, handed round with dessert.

They passed their jeweled comfit-boxes one to another and whispered their content in the head butterfly's practical prudence.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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