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comfit

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmfɪt/

The English word “comfit” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
  2. A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.

verb

  1. To make into a dry sugared confection.

Etymology

From Old French confit (“preserved fruit”), from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of confect, confetto, confit, and konfyt. Compare confit.

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