Dulcity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sweetness (literal and figurative). literary, uncountable

    "And amongſt other fruits as Orenges (which are ſweet, ſucculent and daintie) of ſo pleaſant a taſte and relliſh, that they affect the eater wonderfully offering the rinde with no leſſe pleaſure then the iuice, both which ſeeme to haue dulcitie and Acrimony mixt together[…]"

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dulciness

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"And amongſt other fruits as Orenges (which are ſweet, ſucculent and daintie) of ſo pleaſant a taſte and relliſh, that they affect the eater wonderfully offering the rinde with no leſſe pleaſure then the iuice, both which ſeeme to haue dulcitie and Acrimony mixt together[…]"

Etymology

From Latin dulcitās.

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