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sweetsome

adj

Etymology

From sweet + -some.

  1. inherited from *swéh₂dus✻ — “sweet”
  2. inherited from *swōtuz✻ — “sweet”
  3. inherited from *swōtī✻
  4. inherited from swēte
  5. inherited from soot
  6. suffixed as sweetsome — “sweet + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by sweetness

    Marked by sweetness; characteristically sweet

    • So now Jack rode a hundred miles, a-sweatin' with the thought Of sweetsome words to ask her with, the way a feller ought: "I'm just a humble cowhand, Miss Cordie, if you please, That hereby asks your heart and hand upon my bended knees!
    • "Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.”
    • Woke after sweetsome all-night dreams, / Son House death letter blues / rockin' my skullbone through the wee-est hours.

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