comfiture

English

Etymology

From French confiture, from Latin confectūra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʌm.fɪ.tjʊə/

Noun

comfiture (plural comfitures)

  1. (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
    • 1635, John Donne, Loves Usury:
      Onely let mee love none, no, not the sport / From country grasse, to comfitures of Court […]
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