Comfit

From Old French confit ("preserved fruit"), from Latin confectum.

"comfit", entry in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Full definition of comfit

Noun

1. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.

Related terms

• comfiture

Verb

1. (transitive) To preserve dry with sugar.
• CowleyThe fruit which does so quickly waste, ... Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last.

Acronym, from Computer Facial Identification Techniques.

Noun

1. (Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.