" candy "

[Noun]  | "can*dy" | \ ˈkan-dē \

1: crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup

2: a confection made with sugar and often flavoring and filling

3: a piece of such confection

Origin: 1587 ;

 Middle English sugre candy, partial translation of Middle French sucre candi, from Old French sucre sugar + Arabic qandī candied, from qand crystallized sugar;

[Noun]  | "candy floss" 

1: cotton candy

2: something attractive but insubstantial

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "candy striper" 

1: a usually teenage volunteer worker at a hospital

Origin: 1951 ;

 From the striped uniform worn suggesting the stripes on some sticks of candy;

[Noun]  | "candy apple" 

1: an apple that is covered with a sugary mixture that becomes hard

[Noun]  | "candy cane" 

1: a stick of hard red and white candy with a curve at the top

[Noun]  | "arm candy" 

1: a young attractive person who accompanies a usually older person at social events

Origin: 1992 ;

[Verb]  | "candy" 

1: to encrust in or coat with sugar; specifically : to cook (something, such as fruit or fruit peel) in a heavy syrup until glazed

2: to make attractive : sweeten

3: to crystallize into sugar

Origin: circa 1537 ;

[Verb]  | "can*dy-coat" | \ ˈkan-dē-ˌkōt \

1: to coat (food) in sugar and often other ingredients (such as flavoring or coloring)

2: to make (something that is disagreeable, difficult, or harsh) seem more pleasant, attractive, or acceptable : sugarcoat

Origin: 1930 ;

[Adjective]  | "can*dy-coat*ed" | \ ˈkan-dē-ˌkō-təd \

1: covered with sugar and often other ingredients (such as flavoring or coloring)

2: suggestive of candy; especially : bright like the colors of candy

3: made to seem more pleasant, attractive, or acceptable

Origin: 1845 ;

[Adjective]  | "candy-striped" 

1: having a pattern of colored stripes and white stripes that look like the stripes on some sticks of candy

[Noun]  | "candy" 

[Noun]  | "cotton candy" 

[Noun]  | "eye candy" 

[Noun]  | "candyfloss" 

[Verb]  | "candy"