What does "comfit" mean?
Comfit: A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
Additional senses
- 2.To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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