n.
(pl. candies)
(also
sugar candy)
- N. Amer. sweets; confectionery.
- chiefly Brit. sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation.
v.
(candies, candying, candied)
[
often as adj. candied]
preserve (fruit) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup.
Etymology
C17 (as v.): as n. from ME sugar-candy, from Fr. sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arab. sukkar ‘sugar’ + ḳandī ‘candied’.