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comfit
/ˈkʌmfɪt/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
black, white
COMFIT + NOUN
man
Definitions
noun
1
A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
Heart! you swear like a comfit-maker's wife.
"Why, what are they?" she asked, looking at him askance. ¶ "Hashish; did you never hear of it?" ¶ "Oh, yes; it's that Indian stuff which brings one fantastic visions, isn't it? I've always wanted to see and taste it, and now I will," cried Belle, nibbling at one of the bean-shaped comfits with its green heart.
verb
1
To make into a dry sugared confection.
17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeæan 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.
noun
1
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..
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Synonyms
verb — make into a confection
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Heart! you swear like a comfit-maker's wife.
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"Why, what are they?" she asked, looking at him askance. ¶ "Hashish; did you never hear of it?" ¶ "Oh, yes; it's that Indian stuff which brings one fantastic visions, isn't it? I've always wanted to s
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But since I ate your present of comfits—and they were admirable comfits, and I ate them with speed—my heart is changed and inclined toward you, I know not why or how, except it be through magic.
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17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeæan 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 ſca
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A black and white comfit of a man with a chin shaped like a spade, doorstop for a nose..
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