comfit
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
Origin of comfit
1Words that may be confused with comfit
- comfit , comfort
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How to use comfit in a sentence
I had always, from earliest childhood, been outrageously fond of this delicate comfit.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainDora took courage beneath the caressing hand: "I like to be a comfit to mother best," she vouchsafed, brightly daring.
A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. MannOf these early ordinaries the earliest known to be licensed goes as far back as 1634, when Samuel Cole, comfit-maker, kept it.
Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs | Samuel Adams Drakecomfit boxes—Boxes divided into compartments in which were rare spices, handed round with dessert.
Chats on Household Curios | Fred W. BurgessThey passed their jeweled comfit-boxes one to another and whispered their content in the head butterfly's practical prudence.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Mark Twain
British Dictionary definitions for comfit
/ (ˈkʌmfɪt, ˈkɒm-) /
a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed
Origin of comfit
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