comfit
[kuhm-fit, kom-]
noun
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
Origin of comfit
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confectionery, dessert, confection, candy, pudding, pie, sweetmeats, pastriesExamples from the Web for comfit
Historical Examples of comfit
I've 'ad enough of a tipsy missus, and an' ouse without an atim o' comfit!
A Sheaf of CornMary E. Mann
"Let us eat together," he said, and dropped a comfit into his own mouth.
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Dicky lighted a cigarette and tossed a comfit at a pariah dog.
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Of what meannesses will not love be guilty: it drove me to have recourse to my friend Mrs. Comfit to dissipate my doubts.
Coelebs In Search of a WifeHannah More
But I never could refuse your sweetheart either a comfit or an absolution all my days.
Joan of the Sword HandS(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
comfit
noun
Word Origin for comfit
C15: from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect
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