candy

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  1. noun A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
  2. noun A piece of such a confection.
  3. transitive verb To reduce to sugar crystals.
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  • They first gie the boys three days' free warren among the figs and the sugar-candy, and they get scunnered wi' sweets after that. —  Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
  • She reached for the candy, a smile touching her lips We've brought a few supplies I didn't order supplies Necessary items. —  New Page 1
  • He's seriously running around like a kid in a candy store, where all the candy is actually nipples. —  Vh1 Blog
  • In other words, for the advertisers, the candy is the readership. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Again: For advertisers, the candy is the readership. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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cookie ·  chocolate ·  cake ·  cream ·  cracker ·  tobacco ·  popcorn ·  sandwich ·  coffee ·  honey ·  peanut ·  jelly

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candy:   candies
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. 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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  1. from French candi (also sucre candi, where candi is regarded as past participle of the verb), from Italian candi (zucchero candito) = Spanish candi, azucar candi, or cande, = Portuguese candi, candil (assucar candi), from Arabic qandī, made of sugar, from qand, qanda (sokker qanda) = Persian qand, sugar, sugar-candy, from Hindustani khānd, sugar, prob. from khand, a piece (cf. khandat, khandit, broken), from Sanskrit khanda, a piece, a portion (cf. khandava, sweet-meats), from √ khand, break.
  2. The verb seems to appear in English before the noun, but is due to the noun: F. candir, from Italian candire, to make into candy, from candi: see candy, n.
 

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