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   candy

   /ˈkandi/

   noun

   • 1. sweets; confectionery: "people sat eating popcorn and candy"
   • ▪ sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation: "making candy at home is not difficult—the key is cooking the syrup to the right temperature"

   verb

   • 1. preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup: "I candied the walnuts with maple syrup"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.

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