comfit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of comfit
1300–50; Middle English confit < Middle French < Latin confectum something prepared. See confect
Example Sentences
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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
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
But I am Corydon, I am not he, Though I no more that Corydon shall be To make a sugared comfit of my song.
From English Poems by Le Gallienne, Richard
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
And with a musical laugh she leaned back, and picking out a comfit from a little jewelled box began to nibble at it daintily as De Ganache's hands fell helplessly to his sides.
From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.
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