/ˈkæn.di/
OriginFrom 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”).
- uncountableCrystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
- Canada, Philippines, US, uncountableEdible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
“They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.”
- Canada, Philippines, US, countableA piece of confectionery of this kind.
“Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.”
- US, countable, slang, uncountablecrack cocaine.
- uncountableAn accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
“candy kid; candy raver”
“Then while our hands were still connected, he slid a colorful beaded bracelet among the many others he had off of his arm and then onto my wrist without having to break our intertwined hands. "And the”
“The mantra of the rave is PLUR: peace, love, unity, respect, while the tribal badge is kandi: colourful bracelets made out of chunky beads (and not the same as candy, the drugs that might also feature”
- obsoleteA unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
- transitiveTo cook in or coat with sugar syrup.
- intransitiveTo form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.
“Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.”
- intransitiveTo become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.
- A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.
- historicalThe Mediterranean island of Crete.
“Assure thy selfe that as for me I never will agree
That Candie Joves owne foster place (as long as I there raigne)
Shall unto such a monstruous Wight a Harbrow place remaine.”
“Orsino, this is that Antonio
That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy;
And this is he that did the Tiger board,
When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:”
“c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher), The Laws of Candy, Act I, Scene 2,
[…] if to renown
Your honours through the world, to fix your names,
Like Blazing star”
- historicalThe Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.
“Mr. W. H. GREGORY, the accomplished Member for Galway, goes to Ceylon as Governor. […] A pleasant exile, and a safe return, are Mr. Punch’s sweet wishes to him who departeth for Candy.”
- historicalThe city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.
“The First is the City of Candy, so generally called by the Christians, probably from Conde, which in the Chingulays Language signifies Hills, for among them it is situated […]”
- A surname.
“Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.”
“The phone was then handed over to the other perpetrating programmer of SPECTACLE who described himself as 'the other Simon' who talked me through some of the program's low spots while Robin Candy punc”
Formscandies(plural) · kandi(alternative) · candies(present, singular, third-person) · candying(participle, present) · candied(participle, past) · candied(past) · candee(alternative) · candie(alternative) · candil(alternative) · kandy(alternative) · Candi(alternative) · Candia(alternative) · Candie(alternative) · Kandy(alternative)