Candy

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăn'di, IPA: /ˈkændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

From Old French sucre candi ("candy sugar"), from Arabic قندي (qandi, "candied"), from Arabic قند (qand, "hard candy made by boiling cane sugar"), from Persian کند; ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, "candied sugar"), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, "to divide, break into pieces"), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kantu, "hard candy").

Full definition of candy

Noun

1. (uncountable, chiefly US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
• 1991, Brayfield, Celia, The Prince, They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.
2. (countable, chiefly US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
• 1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder, Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.

Synonyms

• (confection) confectionery, sweets British, lollies Australia, sugar candy US
• (piece of candy) sweet British, lolly Australia

Derived terms

Verb

1. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
2. (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
3. (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

From Marathi खंडी, from Sanskrit खण्डन, from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, "to divide, break into pieces").

Alternative forms

• candee

Noun

1. (obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Synonyms

• maunee

Anagrams

• dancy