Candescence to Canker
Candescence
(Can*des"cence) n. See Incandescence.
Candicant
(Can"di*cant) a. [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.] Growing white. [Obs.]
Candid
(Can*did) a. [F. candide L. candidus white, fr. candere to be of a glowing white; akin to accendere,
incendere, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
1. White. [Obs.]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.
Dryden.
2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality
or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." W. Irving.
3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn. — Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. — Candid, Fair, Open,
Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when
be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of
an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous
when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a
frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.
Candidacy
(Can"di*da*cy) n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.
Candidate
(Can"di*date) n. [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in
a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.] One who
offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office,
privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate
for scholastic honors.
Candidateship
(Can"di*date*ship), n. Candidacy.
Candidating
(Can"di*da`ting) n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a
clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]
Candidature
(Can"di*da*ture) n. Candidacy.
Candidly
(Can"did*ly) adv. In a candid manner.
Candidness
(Can"did*ness), n. The quality of being candid.
Candied
(Can"died) a. [From 1st Candy.]
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.
2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less
with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp.
Shak.
3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast?
Shak.
Candify
(Can"di*fy) v. t. or v. i. [L. candificare; candëre to be white + - facere to make.] To make or
become white, or candied. [R.]
