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
"What is that to me?" cried the proud Veronese, she who had broken the comfit dish.
From International Short Stories: French by Cheneviere, A.
They have vinegar also, and a kind of comfit like what the Arabs call Natef, and some others.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Mendoza, Juan Gonzalez de
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.
Caraway comfits consist of these fruits encrusted with white sugar; but why the wife of a comfit maker should be given to swearing, as Shakespeare avers, it is not easy to see.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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