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Sweeting

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet apple. obsolete

    "a childe will chose a sweeting, because it is presentlie faire and pleasant, and refuse a Runnet, because it is than grene, hard, and lowre[…]"

  2. 2
    A darling; term of endearment. obsolete

    "Trip no further, pretty sweeting."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sweet form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sweet + -ing.

Etymology 2

From sweet + -ing.

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