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comfit

comfit

1 9.9
A small sweet with a nut, seed, or piece of fruit covered in sugar
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌmfɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : confite
  • For a sweet treat, he offered me a handful of comfits that were made from almonds and coated in candy.

Examples

  • Um, I found the first Licorice Comfits album over at Vintage Vinyl.

    High Fidelity (2000)

  • Now she came to Mr. Warrant's and fried foods, worked puzzles, watched TV, lay next to his minute body, her own body more weightless from not soaking in herbed butters and the comfit of the womb of lamb.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • At the wedding, the guests enjoyed a variety of comfits made from fruits and nuts, all beautifully coated in sugar.

  • She arranged colorful comfits on the dessert table, each one glistening with a sugary glaze.

Synonyms

candy
vscomfit
  • US
863 1.0

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

focuses on fruit, nut, or seed cores coated in sugar
sweet
vscomfit
69 1.0

A small sugary food eaten after a meal

means a specific item with a fruit, nut, or seed coated in sugar
confection
vscomfit
8 3.7

Sweet food like candy or a small cake

is the narrow type that has a fruit, nut, or seed coated in sugar
confect
vscomfit
  • Archaic
9.7

A rich sweet made from sugar, often with fruit or nuts

has a fruit, nut, or seed core coated in sugar candy

Surface Forms

comfit singular
comfits plural

Etymology

The word comfit comes from an old root conficere meaning 'to make' or 'prepare', and it shares the same root as confection, a word for sweets. So a comfit is a small sweet 'made' by coating a fruit, nut, or seed with sugar, which is why the word means a sugar-coated candy today.