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comfits

comfits is the plural of comfit.

Meaning of comfit

Noun (1)

comfit (plural comfits)

  1. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
    • Heart! you swear like a comfit-maker's wife.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun (2)

comfit (plural comfits)

  1. (Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.
    • A black and white comfit of a man with a chin shaped like a spade, doorstop for a nose..2023, Trent Dalton, Lola in the Mirror

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Phrases with comfits

Questions about comfits

What is comfits the plural of?
Comfits is the plural of comfit.

Words near comfits in the dictionary

  1. comfily
  2. comfiness
  3. comfit
  4. comfited
  5. comfiting
  6. comfits
  7. comfiture
  8. comfitures
  9. comformational
  10. comfort
  11. comfort bike

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