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confect

confect

9.7
A rich sweet made from sugar, often with fruit or nuts
  • noun
  • /kənˈfɛkt/
  • Archaic
: dulce
  • Visitors sampled a traditional confect made from rosewater and pistachios at the festival.

Examples

  • She placed a confect filled with almonds and honey on the dessert plate.

  • The bakery sells delicious confects made from local ingredients.

  • Each confect in the box had a different fruit flavor and texture.

  • She loves to eat a confect after dinner.

  • Each confect in the box had a different fruit flavor and texture.

  • She placed a confect filled with almonds and honey on the dessert plate.

  • Visitors sampled a traditional confect made from rosewater and pistachios at the festival.

Synonyms

candy
vsconfect
  • US
901 1.0

A small sweet made from sugar, often with chocolate or nuts

is richer and focuses on flavored sugar and added fruit or nuts
sweet
vsconfect
76 1.0

A small sugary food eaten after a meal

is richer and made from flavored sugar often with fruit or nuts
chocolate candy
vsconfect
  • US
6 1.0

A small sweet made with chocolate and eaten as a treat

is made from flavored sugar and often includes fruit or nuts not mainly chocolate
confection
vsconfect
6 3.7

Sweet food like candy or a small cake

is identical in meaning to the key description
sugar candy
vsconfect
3 1.0

A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool

is richer and uses flavored sugar with fruit or nuts not pure hard sugar

How Rich

confect
  • Archaic
9.7
truffle
17 4.3
bonbon
16 3.8
candy
  • US
901 1.0
sweet
5 1.0

Surface Forms

confect singular
confects plural

Etymology

Confect as a noun comes from conficere (con- 'together' and facere 'to make') and literally means something made by putting parts together. That's why a confect is a rich sweet or candy made from sugar and other flavors.