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birdsweet

adj

Etymology

From bird + sweet.

  1. inherited from *swéh₂dus✻ — “sweet”
  2. inherited from *swōtuz✻ — “sweet”
  3. inherited from *swōtī✻
  4. inherited from swēte
  5. inherited from soot
  6. compounded as birdsweet — “bird + sweet”

Definitions

  1. Sweet-sounding, dulcet, as of birdsong

    • He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
    • A soprano, her voice was birdsweet and passionate, and she possessed her own lustrous reputation.
    • Speech paused momentarily on Faxa's lips as he pondered her birdsweet notes in smoky silence.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA