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confect¹

  • /kənˈfɛkt/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + facere (“to make”).

verb confects · confecting · confected

  1. transitive To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness.
  2. obsolete, transitive To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like. Not all the Ointments brought from Delos Ile; / Nor from the confines of ſeuen-headed Nile; / Nor that brought whence Phœnicians haue abodes; / Nor Cyprus wilde Vine-flowers, nor that of Rhodes, / Nor Roſes-oile from Naples, Capua, / Saffron confected in Cilicia; / Nor that of Quinces, nor of Marior

confect²

  • /ˈkɒnfɛkt/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of comfit, confetto, confit, and konfyt.

noun confects

  1. obsolete A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit. Princes and Counties! ſurely a princely teſtimonie, a goodly Counte, Counte Comfect, a ſweete Gallant ſurely, O that I were a man for his ſake!

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@misc{confect_2026,
  title = {confect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}