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oversweet

adj

Etymology

From over- + sweet.

  1. inherited from *swéh₂dus✻ — “sweet”
  2. inherited from *swōtuz✻ — “sweet”
  3. inherited from *swōtī✻
  4. inherited from swēte
  5. inherited from soot
  6. prefixed as oversweet — “over + sweet”

Definitions

  1. Too sweet

    Too sweet; excessively sweet.

    • Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.

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