candied
adjective
[ ˈkandɪd ]
• (of fruit, nuts, etc.) preserved by being coated and impregnated with a sugar syrup.
• "candied fruit"
candy
verb
• preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup.
• "I candied the walnuts with maple syrup"
Origin:
mid 17th century (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.
