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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
candy/ˈkandi/

▶noun (pl. candies) (also sugar candy)

1 N. Amer. sweets; confectionery.

2 chiefly Brit. sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation.

▶verb (candies, candying, candied) (often as adj. candied) preserve (fruit) by coating and impregnating it with a sugar syrup.

– origin C17 (as v.): as n. from ME sugar-candy, from Fr. sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arab. sukkar ‘sugar’ + ḳandī ‘candied’.

'candy' also found in these Oxford entries:

arm candy - candy apple - candy-ass - candy-striped - candy-striper - candytuft - cotton candy - ear candy - eye candy - nose candy - rock candy - sugar candy

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