comfit

[ kuhm-fit, kom- ]
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noun
  1. a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.

Origin of comfit

1
1300–50; Middle English confit<Middle French <Latin confectum something prepared. See confect

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How to use comfit in a sentence

  • 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.

    A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. Mann
  • 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.

    Chats on Household Curios | Fred W. Burgess
  • They passed their jeweled comfit-boxes one to another and whispered their content in the head butterfly's practical prudence.

British Dictionary definitions for comfit

comfit

/ (ˈkʌmfɪt, ˈkɒm-) /


noun
  1. a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed

Origin of comfit

1
C15: from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect

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