comfiture

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French confiture, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin confectūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌm.fɪ.tjʊə/

Noun

comfiture (plural comfitures)

1. (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
   • 1635, John Donne, Loves Usury:

     Onely let mee love none, no, not the sport / From country grasse, to comfitures of Court […]