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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried; a ball of sugar with a seed in the center; a bonbon.
  2. To make a comfit of; preserve dry with sugar.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
  2. v. transitive To preserve dry with sugar.
  3. n. Australia A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
  2. v. To preserve dry with sugar.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. candy containing a fruit or nut
  2. v. make into a confection

Etymologies

  1. Acronym, from Computer Facial Identification Techniques. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English confit, from Old French, from Latin cōnfectum, thing prepared, neuter past participle of cōnficere, to prepare : com-, com- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Sister Celestine had invented a new kind of comfit which she begged Euphrosyne to try, leaving a paper of sweetmeats on her table for that purpose.”

    The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance

  • ““Easy, comfit,” he whispered, then bent to gently nip her full bottom lip, laving the mock injury with his tongue.”

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • “Before I give you the kiss you deserve, comfit, we need to talk about your propensity to climb through windows.”

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • ““I can do without the keening, comfit, though the thought of you dressed in a flowing white gown is quite another matter.””

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • “So that there will be no confusion, comfit, when it comes to my wishes I will make you obey.”

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • ““I hate to distress you, comfit, but we need to speak of something more complex than the fate of Arthur the pig.””

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • “As soon as we reach London, comfit, those plays of yours will have their sponsor.”

    Simon & Schuster: Much Ado About Marriage

  • “Instruments of death, poniards, curious pistols, and disguised weapons had been flung down pell-mell among the paraphernalia of daily life; porcelain tureens, Dresden plates, translucent cups from china, old salt-cellars, comfit-boxes belonging to feudal times.”

    The Magic Skin

  • “I figured I'd layer the minced cherry & almond comfit in the middle of a pound cake, but I got to feeling poorly on Thursday and let the project go.”

    Archive 2006-12-01

  • “My comfit is, he new not which was which; and, as the saying is, all cats in the dark are grey — Whilst we stayed at Loff – Loming, he and our two squires went three or four days churning among the wild men of the mountings; a parcel of selvidges that lie in caves among the rocks, devour young children, speak Velch, but the vords are different.”

    The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. confection
  1. sweetmeat

hypernyms (8)

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  1. sweet
  1. confection
  1. assemble
  1. tack together
  1. put together
  1. set up
  1. tack
  1. piece

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. red-hued
  1. lollipop
  1. bird's nest
  1. nutcake
  1. nectarine
  1. open-heartedness
  1. sweetmeat
  1. blab
  1. succotash

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. comfiture
  1. confit
  1. cumfit
  1. confet
  1. drag
  1. confect
  1. comfit
  1. confiture
  1. caraway

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  • fbharjo if the sugar fits wear it Mar 8, 2011

  • madmouth Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes

    -Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Apr 13, 2009

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