Suavity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; pleasantness countable, uncountable
"suavity of manners"
- 2 the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner wordnet
- 3 The quality of being suave. countable, uncountable
"Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity."
- 4 Sweetness or agreeableness to the senses, especially of taste and odour. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite."
Example
More examples"suavity of language, conversation, or address"
Etymology
From Middle English suavite, suavitee, suavyte, from Middle French suavité and its etymon Latin suāvitās.