Birdsweet

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sweet-sounding, dulcet, as of birdsong poetic, rare

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From bird + sweet.

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