Definition of
Candy
- (noun, food) a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- (verb, perception) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
via WordNet, Princeton University
Alternate forms of Candy
Hyponyms: all-day sucker, bonbon, brandyball, brittle, butterscotch, candy bar, candy cane, candy corn, candy kiss, candyfloss, caramel, carob bar, chocolate truffle, cotton candy, dragee, easter egg, fondant, fudge, gumdrop, hard candy, honey crisp, horehound, jelly bean, jelly egg, kiss, licorice, life saver, liquorice, lollipop, lozenge, marchpane, marshmallow, marzipan, mint, mint candy, nougat, nougat bar, nut bar, patty, peanut bar, popcorn ball, praline, rock, rock candy, spun sugar, sucker, sugar candy, sugarplum, taffy, toffee, toffy, truffle, turkish delight
Hypernyms: confection, dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweet, sweeten
Origin of the word Candy
- late 13c., from O.Fr. sucre candi "sugar candy," from Arabic qandi, from Pers. qand "cane sugar," probably from Skt. khanda "piece (of sugar)," perhaps from Dravidian (cf. Tamil kantu "candy," kattu "to harden, condense"). Eye-candy "attractive woman on a TV show, etc." is recorded by 1978, based on a metaphor also found in no more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Candy
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