† confiteconfyteadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= comfited adj. at comfit v. Derivatives; preserved.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective]
conditec1420
well-cured?a1425
confite1484
pickled1552
confect1558
soused1568
preserved1569
comfited1599
condited1626
confected1808
processed1876
tubbed1882
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved in sugar
in comfitc1430
confite1484
confect1558
comfited1599
candied?1600
condited1626
confected1808
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxl. 185 His herte, the whiche I made to be confyte in sugre.
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adj.1484- strenuity
- strenuosities
- strenuosity
- strenuous
- strenuous idleness
- strenuouser
- strenuousest
- strenuouslier
- strenuousliest
- strenuously
- strenuousness
- strenuousnesses
- strenuousser
- strenuoussest
- strep
- strepent
- streperosity
- streperous
- streperously
- streperousness
- strephosymbolia
- strepie
- strepitant
- strepitantly
- strepitate