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
Another comfit of a book for young people, but with fewer plums of romance in it, was Evenings at Home by Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell
Sometimes he offered him out of his comfit box sweetmeats and candied fruits, which St. Luc found excellent.
From Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas père
"What is that to me?" cried the proud Veronese, she who had broken the comfit dish.
From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere
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 S. Levett-Yeats
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