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Sweetness

//ˈswiːtnəs// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being sweet (all senses). countable, uncountable

    "At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste buds."

  2. 2
    the quality of giving pleasure wordnet
  3. 3
    A pleasant disposition; kindness. countable, uncountable

    "Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades."

  4. 4
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property wordnet
  5. 5
    The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness. countable, uncountable

    "The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate."

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  1. 6
    the property of tasting as if it contains sugar wordnet
  2. 7
    A term of address for one's sweetheart. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head."

  3. 8
    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

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