Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kissing comfit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: kiss-ing -com-fit
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perfumed sugar-plum previously used to sweeten the breath.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"let it thunder to the tune of Green Sleeves; hail kissing-comfits, and snow eringoes; let there come a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

kissing comfits (plural)

Questions

What does kissing comfit mean?: A perfumed sugar-plum previously used to sweeten the breath.

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