comfit

American  

[kuhm-fit, kom-] / ˈkʌm fɪt, ˈkɒm- /

noun

1. a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.

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comfit British  

/ ˈkʌmfɪt, ˈkɒm- /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of comfit

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

Example Sentences

And he bought a round red lacquered comfit dish with a cover, and in this he put sesame cakes and larded sweets and he put the box on the table.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

With an irrational rapidity the Sealyham disposed of the first comfit he had been given for more than six months.

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

"Ah, mamma," exclaim'd Emma, as home they return'd, "Ev'ry penny you give me I'll save; Neither gingerbread, comfit, nor nut will I buy, Till a basket of Jem's I can have."

From The Keepsake or, Poems and Pictures for Childhood and Youth by Anonymous

I gave it a little comfit, and it turned up its dusky countenance to her and then to me, taking my sweetmeat and at the same time kissing my hand.

From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

He had picked it to pieces, had avoided the snap, and had found a large comfit like an egg with a rough shell inside.

From The Brownies and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty