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sweetness

noun
/ˈswiːtnəs/UK/ˈswitnəs/US

Etymology

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

  1. inherited from *swōtinassī✻ — “sweetness”
  2. inherited from swētnes — “sweetness”
  3. inherited from swetnes

Definitions

  1. The condition of being sweet (all senses).

    • At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste buds.

  2. A pleasant disposition

    A pleasant disposition; kindness.

    • Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

  3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.

    • The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A term of address for one's sweetheart.

      • Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.
      • "Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

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Derived

sweetness and light

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sweetness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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