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動詞

candied

1. simple past and past participle of candy

   We candied some apples to get ready for the party.

形容詞

candied (comparative more candied, superlative most candied)

1. coated or encrusted with sugar
2. preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent

   Hot cross buns contain chopped candied fruit.

3. (figurative) Pleasing, flattering.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning.

同意語

• crystallized

派生語

アナグラム

• Candide