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candy

UK/ˈkændi/ US/ˈkændi/ common slang us
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

verb

1.

coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

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Origin

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

Phrases

  • arm candy
  • ballot candy
  • bee candy
  • brain candy
  • candy apple
  • candy bar
  • candy bar phone
  • candy cane

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