Sekirov Dictionary

comfit

/ˈkʌmfɪt/

noun 1
verb 1
/ˈkɒmfɪt/ noun 1
forms 3

noun1

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A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
- Heart! you swear like a comfit-maker's wife. — 1597

verb1

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(no longer used) To make into a dry sugared confection.
- 17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeaean Ode of Pindar: The Muse, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5, page 302, The fruit which does so quickly waste, // Men scarce can see it, much less taste, // Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last.

comfit

/ˈkɒmfɪt/

noun1

•
(Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.
- A black and white comfit of a man with a chin shaped like a spade, doorstop for a nose.. — 2023

forms

comfited · comfiting · comfits

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