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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.
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Candying
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verb (used without object)
10.
to become covered with sugar.
11.
to crystallize into sugar.
Origin:
1225–75; Middle English candi, sugre candi candied sugar < Middle French sucre candi; candi ≪ Arabic qandī < Persian qandi sugar < Sanskrit khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
1225–75; Middle English candi, sugre candi candied sugar < Middle French sucre candi; candi ≪ Arabic qandī < Persian qandi sugar < Sanskrit khaṇḍakaḥ sugar candy
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can·dy·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
candy
late 13c., "crystalized sugar," from O.Fr. çucre candi "sugar candy," ultimately 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"). As a verb, attested from 1530s; hence,
EXPAND candied (c.1600).
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