candied

[ kan-deed ]

adjective

1. impregnated or incrusted with or as if with sugar:

   candied ginger.

2. prepared by cooking in sugar or syrup:

   candied yams.

3. honeyed; flattering:

   candied words.

candied

/ ˈkændɪd /

adjective

1. impregnated or encrusted with or as if with sugar or syrup

   candied peel

2. (of sugar, honey, etc) crystallized

Other Words From

• un·candied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of candied¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; candy + -ed ³

Example Sentences

In 1463, a gentleman of Bury St. Edmunds bequeathed to a friend “my silvir forke for grene gyngour” (candied ginger).

From The Daily Beast

Choosing one wine to go with candied yams and sourdough stuffing is challenging.

From The Daily Beast

Another variation replaces the anise with candied fruits like oranges, pineapples, and figs.

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Top with a dollop of whipped cream and garnish with a shard of the candied bacon.

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About eleven o'clock some refreshments are offered, but few take any, except a little wine and water and candied sugar.

From Project Gutenberg

Two boxes of candied prunes, that's vegetables, twenty-five per cent.

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Condensed milk is preserved by the sugar added to it; so are candied and, in part, dried fruits.

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The box of candied fruit, presented to her by Mr. La Salle, was going the rounds for the last time.

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Let her take aromatic electuary, disatyrion and candied eringo roots, every morning.

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Related Words

• delicious
• luscious
• sweetened
• syrupy