Definition of Comfit. Meaning of Comfit. Synonyms of Comfit

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Definition of Comfit

Comfit
Comfit Com"fit, n. [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
Comfit
Comfit Com"fit, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley.

Meaning of Comfit from wikipedia

- Comfits are confectionery consisting of dried fruits, nuts, seeds or ****es coated with sugar candy, often through sugar panning. Almond comfits (also...
- sugar) center. The word konpeitō comes from the Portuguese word confeito ("comfit"), which is a type of sugar candy, and also an umbrella term for sweets...
- comfits in the United Kingdom, and a liquorice-flavoured sweet called Torpedoes made by Haribo appears to be similar.[citation needed] Mukhwas Comfit...
- confectionery with a hard outer s****. In their most classic form of dragée and comfit, Jordan almonds, also known as koufeta, consist of almonds which are sugar...
- no fruit, instead being made mostly of pure sugar. These candies were comfits, and often surrounded a seed, nut, or ****e. The menu for Henry IV of England's...
- of the pharmaceutical use of sugar, as they were a miniature version of comfits. The French name has been interpreted to mean they were "without equal"...
- Aniseed balls are a comfit type of hard round sweet sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. They...
- types of comfits: smooth and ragged. They differed in the density of sugar syrup that coated them, and thus had different textures. Long comfits, slivers...
- following The Great Exhibition. Bath buns were originally topped with crushed comfits created by dipping caraway seeds repeatedly in boiling sugar; but today...
- mukhwas, an after-meal digestive and breath freshener (saunf), or candied as comfit. Fennel seeds are also often used as an ingredient in paan, a breath freshener...