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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
can·died       [kan-deed] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.impregnated or incrusted with or as if with sugar: candied ginger.
2.prepared by cooking in sugar or syrup: candied yams.
3.honeyed; flattering: candied words.
[Origin: 1590–1600; candy + -ed3]
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can·dy       [kan-dee] Pronunciation Key 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]

—Related forms
can·dy·like, adjective
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can·died       (kān'dēd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes.

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can·dy       (kān'dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. can·dies
  1. A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
  2. A piece of such a confection.

v.   can·died, can·dy·ing, can·dies

v.   tr.
  1. To reduce to sugar crystals.
  2. To cook, preserve, saturate, or coat with sugar or syrup.
  3. To make pleasant or agreeable; sweeten.

v.   intr.
  1. To become crystallized into sugar.
  2. To become coated with sugar or syrup.


[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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candied

adjective
1. encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" 
2. (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar 

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Candied

Can"died\, a. [From 1st Candy.]

1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.

2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.

3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak.

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