COMFITS

Noun

comfits

plural of comfit

Anagrams

• scomfit

Source: Wiktionary

COMFIT

Com"fit, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

Com"fit, v. t.

Definition: To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition