Defn: One who describes or writes about comets.
COMETOGRAPHY
Com`et*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Comet + -graphy: cf. F. cométographie.]
Defn: A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.
COMETOLOGY
Com`et*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Comet + -logy.]
Defn: The department of astronomy relating to comets.
COMFIT Com"fit, n. Etym: [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.]
Defn: A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
COMFIT
Com"fit, v. t.
Defn: To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.
COMFITURE Com"fi*ture, n. Etym: [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture.]